brett levy

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    New Blu Voucher features credit card-like rewards for cash users in South Africa

    New Blu Voucher features credit card-like rewards for cash users in South Africa Blu Label Unlimited (Blu) will soon launch the Blu Voucher, a product that lets customers purchase a single voucher to spend across multiple locations while earning rewards. In an interview with What’s Next with...
  2. Hanno Labuschagne

    Levy brothers explain what they think went wrong at Cell C

    Levy brothers explain what they think went wrong at Cell C Blu Label co-CEOs Brett and Mark Levy believe the wrong leadership at Cell C was the fundamental reason the company ended up becoming an albatross around its biggest shareholder's neck. In a recent What's Next with Aki Anastasiou...
  3. Jan

    Blue Label mulls taking control of South African carrier Cell C

    Blue Label could take control of Cell C South Africa’s Blue Label Telecoms Ltd. is considering taking a controlling stake in the nation’s fourth-largest wireless carrier as it seeks to have more say in a company in which it is already the largest shareholder. Blue Label could convert debt held...
  4. Jan

    Cell C's extremely complicated employee shareholding scheme

    This is who owns Cell C Cell C’s shareholders are Blue Label Telecoms, the Employee Believe Trust, Nedbank, CellSAf, Net1, and Gramercy. It was revealed during an analyst presentation about Cell C by Blue Label Telecoms co-CEO Brett Levy.
  5. Jan

    Fact-checking Blue Label statements about Cell C's biggest assets

    Cell C fact-check Blue Label Telecoms co-CEO Brett Levy said they are upbeat about Cell C’s prospects because it has five excellent assets. These assets are Cell C’s brand, spectrum, assessed losses, the prepaid engine, and the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) market.
  6. Jan

    Cell C avoiding price war as Blue Label considers total takeover

    Cell C avoiding price war as Blue Label considers total takeover Blue Label co-CEO Brett Levy told investors Thursday that Cell C will not engage in a price war with MTN, Vodacom, and Telkom’s mobile division. “We are not getting into any dogfights. We are not getting into any war with any...
  7. Jan

    Blue Label's big Cell C bet that destroyed R16 billion in shareholder value

    Blue Label bet big on Cell C — and lost big Blue Label Telecoms’ decision to buy Cell C has destroyed billions in shareholder value, but it has not deterred the company from pumping more money into the mobile operator. Blue Label’s journey with Cell C started in August 2017 when its...
  8. Jan

    South Africa's best-paid telecoms CEO

    Best paid telecoms CEO in South Africa The best-paid telecoms CEO in South Africa is MTN Group's Ralph Mupita, who received a salary package of R84.2 million rand over the 2020/21 financial year (FY). Mupita's pay for the year was almost R17 million more than the next-highest paid telecom CEO...
  9. Jan

    Cell C is technically insolvent - without a recapitalisation deal it's stuck

    Cell C heading for bankruptcy — unless a deal is struck Cell C is technically insolvent and is heading for bankruptcy unless a deal is struck to recapitalise the company. Cell C's latest financial results show the company's total liabilities of R21.4 billion far exceed its total assets of R8.2...
  10. Jan

    Suveer Ramdhani's journey from Seacom to BluNOVA - and his tech choices

    Suveer Ramdhani — From building Seacom to creating a new AI engine Former Seacom executive Suveer Ramdhani is one of South Africa's unsung heroes who played a pivotal role in making uncapped broadband possible. Ramdhani's professional journey started at Eskom as a project manager after...
  11. Jan

    Blue Label's long road to earn back investor trust after Cell C fiasco

    Blue Label's long road back after R16 billion value destruction Poor management decisions, fraud by senior executives, and Cell C’s delayed recapitalisation have destroyed R16 billion in shareholder value and caused the market to lose trust in co-CEOs Brett and Mark Levy. Blue Label’s results...
  12. Jan

    How will Cell C pay for the spectrum auction?

    Big Cell C spectrum question Cell C’s 45% owner Blue Label Telecoms has declined to reveal where the money would come from for the cellular operator to buy additional radio frequency spectrum this week. Spectrum is the raw network capacity operators use to communicate between their towers and...
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    Brett Levy

    Brett Levy is joint Chief Executive Officer at Blue Label Telecoms. Brett Levy has an impressive entrepreneurial history having founded and operated a number of small businesses from the early 1990s. During his career, Brett has been involved in a wide range of industries, including the...
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