Podcasts about econet wireless

At a time when most Africans had not yet heard the sound of a ringing telephone, Strive Masiyiwa, an impatient young engineer, successfully challenged Zimbabwe's state-run telecoms monopoly to get the licenses he needed to launch Econet Wireless. The court's decision reverberated across Africa, clearing the way for private sector operators to enter this new mobile technology industry and connect people across the continent for the first time. Residing in South Africa and the UK since 2000, the successful tech tycoon, recognized as one of the “50 Most Influential People” and one of the “World's 50 Greatest Leaders,” now drives his pan-African vision. Today, with the same persistence, he and his companies set their sights to ensure that all 1.3 billion+ Africans get access to digital infrastructure, close the digital skills gap, and invest in the continent's young entrepreneurs to find innovative solutions for healthcare and food insecurity. Click here to read the full transcript. 

Overview: Today we're going to talk about Globacom - The Nigerian telecommunications company. We'll explore the Globacom story across 5 areas: Nigerian telco sector context Globacom's early history Globacom's telco & non-telco businesses Globacom's potential exit options Outlook This episode was recorded on Apr 10, 2022 Companies discussed: Glo (Globacom), MTN, Airtel, NITEL (Nigerian Telecommunications Limited), Econet Wireless & 9mobile (Etisalat) Business concepts discussed: Telecommunications (Telco) strategy, Mobile money, Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs), Telco regulation, Celebrity advertising, Low-price telecoms strategy. Conversation highlights: (01:00) - Globacom background and why we're talking about it (07:40) - Globacom founding and spectrum auction (20:30) - Mike Adenuga background (30:20) - Globacom launch (44:36) - Globacom African Expansion (56:50) - Globacom core Telecom business (1:07:58) - Globacom non-telco business (1:19:50) - Competition and IPO / spinoff? (1:29:48) - Bankole's overall thoughts and outlook (1:40:10) - Olumide's overall thoughts and outlook (1:46:30) - Recommendations & small wins Olumide's recommendations & small wins: Thanks to Ifunanya Chiegboka for helping me think about Glo Story Recommendation: Marc Andreessen Blog archive ebook. Aggregates some of Marc's posts from the late 2000s. Insightful and very funny Small win: Hung out with my friend who was visiting from out of town (on a Wed night!) Interested in investing in Africa Tech with Olumide: Read about Adamantium fund & contact me at olumide@afrobility.com Founders looking for funding: If you're a B2B founder working on Education, Health, Finance or food, please contact me for funding at olumide@afrobility.com Bankole's recommendations & small wins: Recommendation: Invest Like The Best with David Rubinstein, We Need A Standard Unit Of Measure For Risk & The Next Google | DKB Small win: New whiteboard markers, changed the game. Good example of something small that changed the quality of my whiteboarding Other content: Nigerian Songs Referencing Mike Adenuga, Wizkid, Davido, Sunny Ade etc in Globacom advert & MTN - I don port commercial Investors, Operators, Entrepreneurs - We'd love to hear from you. Please email info@afrobility.com to share feedback or propose topics you'd like to hear.

Overview: Today we’re going to talk about Airtel - The third largest telco in Africa (& second largest telco in the world), we’ll discuss its founding, early history, success in India, expansion into Africa, non-telco businesses & end with our views on its future outlook. This episode was recorded on October 4, 2020 Companies discussed: Airtel Africa, Bharti Airtel Group, Celtel, Zain, MTN, Reliance Jio, Safaricom, Econet Wireless & Vmobile Business concepts discussed: Telco diversification (voice vs data vs emerging businesses), VOD (video on demand), mobile money, telco M&A strategy & developing markets growth strategy. Conversation highlights: (02:10) - Why we are talking about Airtel today (04:47) - Bharti Airtel founding, Sunil Mittal and early history (14:45) - Airtel Africa - early origins from Celtel and then Zain (21:00) - Zain acquisition of Celtel (22:54) - Nigeria naming journey - from Econet to Airtel (27:02) - Airtel Africa + MTN attempted merger / acquisition (36:31) - Airtel Africa IPO in 2019 (39:50) - Airtel Africa’s non-telco businesses (48:45) - What Airtel Africa looks like in 2020 (59:56) - Bankole’s overall thoughts and outlook (1:05:32) - Olumide’s overall thoughts and outlook (1:10:23) - Recommendations and small wins (1:16:05) - Open questions Olumide’s recommendations, small wins & open questions: Recommendation: Hotel Sweet Home (by Libby Rome) - Fun book about living in a hotel. For travel & point nerds Recommendation: The Treasury of Quotes by Jim Rohn - Amazing book of various smart & insightful quotes from one of my favorite personal development coaches Small win: I listened to Owl City - Unbelievable (ft Hanson) while I wrote script for Health Tech episode Small win: I used background ambient sounds from Mynoise.net to focus while I prepared for this episode Open question: What can entrepreneurs today learn from Mo Ibrahim or Sunil Mittal? Bankole’s recommendations, small wins & open questions: Recommendations: Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino Small win: FIFA 21 released! A veritable time sink has a new installment! [YouTube trailer] Other content mentioned: Chillhop jazzy lofi - YouTube live channel with good background music to work Other content mentioned: Opomulero by Ruggedman feat 9ice [YouTube] - entry music by UFC athlete Israel Adesanya Open question: What other examples can you think of where events outside Africa dictate an African company’s strategy or market outcomes? We’d love to hear from you. If you have feedback, topics you’d like to hear, or just want to say hello, please email info@afrobility.com Join our insider mailing list where we get feedback on new episodes & find all episodes at Afrobility.com

BizNews — In today's news headlines: * 5,000 people are reported as having died from Covid-19, but the figure is believed to be far higher in provinces like the Eastern Cape. * South Africans will be paying close attention to a Reserve Bank meeting on 23 July when the base rate may be cut, leading to a further chop in interest rates. * Prosus, owned by Naspers, has made a big play for EBay's classifieds business. * The Zimbabwe government has targeted a large mobile phone company, Econet Wireless, accusing it of money laundering. This follows a move to get Old Mutual delisted from the Harare stock exchange in connection with 'economic sabotage'.

BizNews — In today's news headlines: * 5,000 people are reported as having died from Covid-19, but the figure is believed to be far higher in provinces like the Eastern Cape. * South Africans will be paying close attention to a Reserve Bank meeting on 23 July when the base rate may be cut, leading to a further chop in interest rates. * Prosus, owned by Naspers, has made a big play for EBay's classifieds business. * The Zimbabwe government has targeted a large mobile phone company, Econet Wireless, accusing it of money laundering. This follows a move to get Old Mutual delisted from the Harare stock exchange in connection with 'economic sabotage'.

Zimbabwe's ICT Postal and Courier services Supa Mandiwanzira says his government has nothing against Econet Wireless and in fact celebrates its achievements. Interviewer: 3-mob.com chief Larry Kwirirayi

Econet Wireless has recently announced that all ±40 million of their subscribers in Africa will benefit from Shine’s ad blocking service— starting with those in Zimbabwe. This deal represents Shine’s first deployment on the continent, following partnerships they’ve struck with the likes of the Caribbean mobile operator, Digicel, and Three Group in the UK and Italy. There’s no doubt about it, life is about to get a little tougher for online media platforms that rely on ad revenue to survive, as well as for web marketers that peddle online real estate. However, Econet’s subscribers are likely to relish the prospect of enjoying quicker loading times, and cleaner web pages free from unsolicited advertisements. In this week’s African Tech Round-up, Andile Masuku chatted with Scott Lyons of the Ford Motor Company. Scott leads Ford’s SYNC AppLink European Business and the Partner Development Initiative within the Ford Connected Vehicle and Services Organisation. Their conversation touched on Ford’s plans to produce a fully autonomous vehicle by 2021, as per the company's announcement to that effect made last week. Scott shared what he makes of the disruptive influence of tech firms like Google and Uber on the traditional car manufacturing business, and Andile got him to explain the strategic thinking that went into choosing Morocco as the place to sponsor Ford’s latest Mobility Challenge aimed at promoting innovation in the country’s ride sharing scene. Music Credits: Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Music licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Speakers: Tony Blair, Former Prime Minister, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Bill Gates, Co-Chair and Trustee, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, H.E. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, Strive Masiyiwa, Chairman and Founder, Econet Wireless, Rhonda Zygocki, Executive Vice President, Policy and Planning, Chevron. Moderator: Michael Milken, Chairman, Milken Institute Africa is home to six of the 10 fastest-growing economies, driven largely by surging foreign investment flows. FDI is expected to reach $150 billion in 2015 - double the amount received last year and six times more than in 2000. Africa is also home to the world's largest concentration of impoverished people, and the considerable gap between rich and poor continues to widen. For Africa's natural resource sector - target of 90 percent of foreign investment - to spread prosperity, reduce inequality and underwrite gains in human development, a new, collaborative approach to investment is essential. There are important roles for a range of players: investors, corporations, governments, development agencies, NGOs and foundations. This panel of global leaders will discuss innovative and untraditional ways to expand health care, build institutions and broaden the economic base on the continent.

Zimbabwean-born businessman and philanthropist Strive Masiyiwa is helping to make dreams a reality. 10 students – two from Burundi and eight from Zimbabwe –were enrolled at Morehouse on full, four-year scholarships. They are the first class of the new Ambassador Andrew Young International Scholars program. Masiyiwa, founder and chairman of Econet Wireless, wants African students to earn a world-class education that they can take home with them after graduation. Forty African students in all – representing an investment of $6.4 million – will go through the program. Masiyiwa believes Morehouse and Atlanta, the center of the civil rights movement with leaders such as Ambassador Andrew Young, will be the perfect place for the students to develop.