11 results
- 30 Mar 2010
Bharti Airtel Buys Zain for $10.7 billion
Zain has announced the signing of definitive agreements for the sale of 100% of Zain Africa BV, its African business excluding its operations in Morocco and Sudan (”Zain Africa”), to…
- 4 Aug 2008
Zain Nigeria lifts Group to 50 million subscribers
Zain Nigeria, the country’s operation of telecommunications giant Zain Group, Iraq and Sudan have accounted for 60 percent of 50 million subscribers on the group’s network worldwide.…
- 1 Feb 2013
Telecoms Boom Leaves Rural Nigeria, Others Behind
While mobile phone usage has exploded across Africa over the last decade, transforming daily life and commerce for millions, it’s a revolution that has left behind perhaps two thirds of its people.…
- 27 Apr 2018
GSMA Marks International Girls in ICT Day with Events Around the World
The GSMA will celebrate the annual ITU International Girls in ICT Day this week with a series of events across its global footprint aimed at encouraging and empowering young women to explore career…
- 24 Nov 2008
Zain wins Pan Africa Operator Award
Telecommunications gaint, Zain has won the ‘Pan African Mobile Operator of the Year’ at the just concluded Nigeria Information Technology and Telecom Awards (Nitta 2008) for providing…
- 29 Jun 2009
Zain, Western Union Partner to Deliver Mobile Money Transfer Service
Zain and Western Union are to work together to deliver mobile money transfer services in countries in Africa and the Middle East through Zain's new Zap platform. The Zap service provides Zain…
- 15 Sept 2008
Zain Eyes Cape to Cairo Coverage
Leading mobile phone Company in Africa and the Middle East, Zain, is finalizing several acquisition deals in Africa, its chief executive for the continent said last week. Chris Gabriel, chief…
- 9 Mar 2009
Zain records 50% Increase in Subscriber Base
Mobile Telecommunications operator, Zain has reported that its full year revenues jumped 26% to US$7.44 billion despite currency fluctuations. Net profit was up 6% to US$1.2 billion, while the…
- 19 May 2009
Zain Extends ‘One Network’ to cover Data Services
Al Barrak, chief executive officer, Zain group, has said that the mobile telecommunications operator is expanded its borderless roaming service-‘one network’ to include data services in…
- 27 Oct 2008
Zain Subscriber Base Rises to 56.3M as Group Net Profit ups by 7%
Zain has announced that its customer base has reached a staggering 56.3 million even as the group net profit has clocked US$327 million For the third quarter of 2008, Zain Group recorded consolidated…
- 19 Mar 2012
Bharti Mittal, Dangote Co-Chair Indo-Africa Group
Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman of India’s largest telecom firm, Bharti Airtel, is to co-chair a new India-Africa Business Council along with Africa’s richest man (Forbes ranking), Alhaji Aliko Dangote…