PODCAST: Building a leaner, smarter telecoms business
How does a business reinvent itself after repeated setbacks? Michael Avery sits down with Cell C CEO Jorge Mendes to find out…
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Orange’s Jumo deal suggests plenty of M&A still for African telcos
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Blue Label is up 400% — one analyst believes it can double again
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One last hurdle for Vodacom + Maziv
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A Maziv win-win?
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A Maziv blow
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