Bharti Airtel agrees to sell shares to govt

Bharti’s Airtel will sell its masts in Tanzania to Helios Towers, as the India-based global telecommunications company seeks to dispose of its mobile phone towers, news agencies reported yesterday

>Discussions between the government and a mobile phone company, Bharti Airtel, with regard to the fate of Airtel’s 35 per cent shares in Tanzania Telecommunications Company Ltd (TTCL) are stuck, The Citizen has learnt.

Bharti Airtel announced key appointments in its new organizational structure at Airtel Africa aimed at pursuing its growth agenda.

Johannesburg/Nairobi – MTN Group and Bharti Airtel today announced a cross-border remittance partnership that seeks to remove the hassles of transferring money between Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso for the operators’ Mobile Money customers on either side of the border. The landmark partnership will enable Mobile Money customers of MTN Ivory Coast and Airtel in Burkina Faso to easily transfer money between the...

The government is selling its stakes in Tanzania Breweries Limited (TBL) and Tanzania Cigarette Company (TCC) to raise funds for reinvestment in state-financed projects.

Govt Reclaims 100 Percent Shares in TTCL Ownership
AllAfrica.com
Dodoma — FINALLY, the long-drown-out blame game between Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited (TTCL) and Bharti Airtel over shares has ended, with the latter surrendering its 35 per cent stake it had in the state-run telecom firm. The Deputy ...

The government has taken back General Tyre East Africa Limited (GTEA) after purchasing 26 shares owned by US-based company, Continental AG, at a price of one million US Dollars (Sh2.1 billion).

The Treasury yesterday took a swipe at Chadema leaders for claiming that the government’s decision to sell its shares in the Tanzania Breweries Limited (TBL) and Tanzania Cigarette Company (TCC) was aimed at raising funds for CCM campaigns.

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