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- 2 Aug 2022
PIC Leads Pension Funds Investing in Africa’s Infrastructure via AFC
In a significant milestone for African pension capital being deployed for domestic infrastructure and industrial development, the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), Africa’s largest asset manager,…
- 5 Jun 2019
PIC, MTN’s Largest Shareholder Pushes for Board Changes
Public Investment Corp. (PIC), MTN’s largest shareholder, is reportedly pushing for the restructuring of the leadership of the mobile-phone company to avoid the regulatory, legal and political…
- 29 Jul 2015
Convergence Partners Concludes Plans for $200m Pan-African ICT Infrastructure Fund
Convergence Partners, an investment management firm focused on the African telecommunications, media and technology sector, on Tuesday announced the successful final close of its Convergence Partners…
- 18 Mar 2020
Ecobank Announces New Appointments, Changes On its Board
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), the Lomé-based parent company of the Ecobank Group, announces two new appointments and changes on its Board of Directors. Dr. Georges Agyekum Nana Donkor has…
- 9 Sept 2015
Smile Secures $365m Financing Towards 4G Expansion in Africa
Smile Telecoms Holdings Ltd, which owns and operates mobile wireless 4G LTE broadband networks in the 800MHz band in Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda, today announced plans to use US$365 million funding…
- 14 Sept 2015
Smile to Sink $292m in Nigeria’s Investment Portfolio
Smile Communications, the 4G LTE broadband service provider of choice, has disclosed plans to invest larger share of the funds it recently raised on the Nigerian business portfolio. Smile Telecoms…
- 17 Jan 2015
EcoBank to Pay ex-CEO $15m in Damages
An Ivory Coast commercial court has ordered Ecobank Transnational Inc (ETI) to pay $15 million in damages to former chief executive Thierry Tanoh, who was dismissed last year amid allegations of poor…
- 19 Aug 2025
FG Scraps 5 Percent Telecom Excise Duty Under New Tax Law
Federal government has abolished the five per cent excise duty on telecommunications services, a levy that had long sparked public concern over rising costs for subscribers. Pic credit... Itedgenews…