[kictanet] Airtel Plans Africa Exit

[Ngigi Waithaka]

Ali,

The only palatable End Game; Equitel buys off Airtel Kenya, combines it
with Helios stake @Telkom

Massive innovation thereafter would get back some respectable market share.

Truth be told, Safaricom's cozzyiness with GoK has helped it along big
time. I dare say if Kencell has ceded 10% to Mobitelea, as Safaricom was
more than glad to do, we'd probably be speaking a different story right now!

What these foreign firms investing in Africa need to remember is.......

THIS IS AFRICA!
On 28 Jan 2017 8:40 a.m., "Ali Hussein via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Listers
>
> Another one bites the dust?
>
> I'm really curious as to whats going on in the Telco sector.
>
> Bharti Airtel has announced that it will be exiting 14 African countries
> within a year. The affected countries include: Chad, Congo, Gabon, Ghana,
> Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania,
> Uganda and Zambia.
>
> The telecom operator is faced with poor performance across those markets.
> Two years ago, when Airtel began talks to sell off its operations in
> Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo Brazzaville and Sierra Leone to Orange
> <http://mobilityarena.com/airtel-not-exiting-africa-despite-talks-to-sell-4-networks-to-orange/>,
> the company had stated that it wouldn’t be exiting Africa.
> Airtel plans Africa exit
> <http://mobilityarena.com/airtel-exit-nigeria-13-african-countries/>
>
> Is the African market too competitive or is the regulatory environment
> skewed towards a few players?
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