Vodacom Business announces new experts appointed to its Business Advisory Board
Vodacom Business has appointed Reshaad Sha, the executive chairman of Sentiv and CEO of BriteGaze, and the former CEO of Liquid Telecom South Africa, to its Extraordinary Business Advisory Board.
Vodacom's business...
Liquid Telecom changes to Liquid Intelligent Technologies – This is its new strategy
Liquid Telecom has rebranded to Liquid Intelligent Technologies as it moves from a telecommunications and digital services provider to a technology group.
A subsidiary of Econet Global, Liquid Telecom was...
Liquid Telecom raises R12.4 billion in bond
Liquid Telecom Ltd., majority owned by African telecoms tycoon Strive Masiyiwa, raised $840 million in a bond and loans to refinance debt and expand further into Africa.
The fundraising was conducted by joint book-runners JPMorgan Chase & Co...
Liquid Telecom CEO explains changes for 2021
Liquid Telecom is undergoing major changes - including a rebranding and a revised strategy for the next financial year.
Last year, the company announced a rebranding to "Liquid Intelligent Technologies", as well as restructuring which saw it...
Liquid Telecom gets another R651 million from CDC Group
UK development finance firm CDC Group has invested an additional $40 million (R651 million) into Liquid Telecom.
This follows the R2.6-billion investment from CDC Group concluded in 2018, furthering the investment of the UK firm into the...
Liquid Telecom appoints Deon Geyser as SA CEO
Liquid Telecom South Africa has announced it has appointed Deon Geyser as its new CEO.
Effective from January 2021, Geyser will be responsible for overseeing the strategic repositioning of the company as Liquid Intelligent Technologies and the...
What is really happening with Liquid Telecom's repositioning and job cuts
Liquid Telecom Group CEO Nic Rudnick has cleared up uncertainty around the company’s recently announced strategic repositioning and retrenchments in South Africa.
The confusion started on Tuesday 4 August following a...
Strive Masiyiwa struggles to sell stake in Liquid Telecom
The coronavirus pandemic is hampering efforts by Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa to sell a stake in Africa’s largest fibre company.
Masiyiwa is seeking buyers for 20% to 34% of Liquid Telecommunications Holdings Ltd. for as much...
Liquid Telecom South Africa records strong performance
Liquid Telecom released its financial results for the year ended 29 February 2020, which showed strong performance for its South African operations.
Liquid Telecom is a leading communications solutions provider across 13 countries...
Liquid Telecom upgrades core network
Liquid Telecom has unveiled significant upgrades to its core network, including a tenfold increase in capacity.
Its new software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) platform, which is based on Cisco Meraki, will also allow its customers to increase and...
Liquid and SITA sign deal to end broadband fight
Liquid Telecom announced that it has concluded an agreement with the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) to deliver broadband services for the Eastern Cape Provincial Government.
This follows a protracted battle between the government of...
Liquid Telecom gets R2.6-billion investment
Liquid Telecom received a $180 million cash injection from U.K. development finance institution CDC Group Plc as Africa’s largest fiber-network operator expands broadband infrastructure across the continent.
The investment will give London-based CDC...
Liquid Telecom to invest $400 million in Egyptian network and data centres
Liquid Telecom announced that it is investing $400 million in network infrastructure and data centres in Egypt over the next three years.
Telecom Egypt CEO Ahmed El Beheiry and Econet executive chairman Strive Masiyiwa...
Big fibre plans for Liquid Telecom in South Africa
Liquid Telecom will expand its long-distance fibre route and metropolitan networks in South Africa, said the company’s group CEO Nic Rudnick.
The announcement follows Liquid Telecom’s unveiling of the availability of Microsoft’s Azure and...
Liquid Telecom may list for IPO - Report
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe Ltd. is in talks about restructuring the company, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The company, which has a market value of $3.1 billion, announced on Monday it’s in talks that may affect its share price, urging...
Liquid Telecom appoints Chief Business Development Officer
Liquid Telecom has appointed Willem Marais as Chief Business Development Officer to oversee the group’s growth.
Liquid Telecom mum on hosting Azure servers in South Africa
Liquid Telecom recently announced its partnership with Microsoft through its Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) programme.