
MTN SA MD Karel Pienaar is a smiling but imposing figure whose name commands respect in the halls of the company’s gleaming 14th Avenue head office in Fairlands, Johannesburg. Impossible as it sounds, having been part of MTN’s bid for a licence in SA, technically the
November 29, 2011 | Posted in
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In a surprise development, JSE-listed telecommunications group MTN has announced it will not form a subsidiary board for its international operations — at least not yet. The group had planned to establish a separate board for its international operations, to be
June 22, 2011 | Posted in
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MTN’s share price fell nearly 3% at the close of trading on the JSE on Thursday as the group’s CEO of the past nine years, Phuthuma Nhleko, completed his final day of duties at the emerging markets
March 31, 2011 | Posted in
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Fibre to the home. That’s the main focus of this week’s episode of TalkCentral. Your hosts Duncan McLeod and Candice Jones take a look at i3 Africa’s plans to spend as much as R6bn building a fibre network into 2,5m SA homes
Outgoing MTN Group CEO Phuthuma Nhleko has scotched persistent rumours that the telecommunications operator plans to relocate its head office to the Middle East, saying its domicile
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Outgoing MTN Group CEO Phuthuma Nhleko is looking forward to what he calls a “much slower pace” when he steps down at the end of this month. But Nhleko, who has led MTN for the past nine years
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MTN president and CEO Phuthuma Nhleko delivered his final set of annual results for the telecommunications group on Wednesday, showcasing another dazzling set of numbers and sending the share price up
March 9, 2011 | Posted in
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MTN Group chairman Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday delivered a tribute to outgoing CEO and president Phuthuma Nhleko, who is leaving the telecommunications operator at the end of March. See the video here
March 9, 2011 | Posted in
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Outgoing MTN Group CEO Phuthuma Nhleko has been appointed to the board of British energy giant BP. The appointment is effective 1 February. Nhleko is stepping down as CEO of MTN at the end of March, but will
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In the first TalkCentral podcast of 2011, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Candice Jones find that that there is an enormous amount to chat about — surprisingly, given the silly season shutdown
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