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JOHANNESBURG Africa-focused mobile network operator Africell said on Wednesday it had finalized a deal with Angola to secure a mobile telecommunications operator’s license.
Africell will join three other operators – Movicel, Unitel and state-owned Angola Telecom – already serving the southern African oil producer.
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“Angola is amongst the most attractive investment destinations in sub-Saharan Africa,” Africell’s CEO and Chairman Ziad Dalloul said in a statement. “So we see this as the logical next step for Africell as we continue to grow our network.”
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Africa-focused mobile network operator Africell said on Wednesday it had finalised a deal with Angola to secure a mobile telecommunications operator’s licence.
Africell will join three other operators - Movicel, Unitel and state-owned Angola Telecom - already serving the southern African oil producer.
“Angola is amongst the most attractive investment destinations in sub-Saharan Africa,” Africell’s CEO and Chairman Ziad Dalloul said in a statement. “So we see this as the logical next step for Africell as we continue to grow our network.”
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Members of Africa’s new free trade area should complete their tariff reduction schedules and finalise essential rules of origin by July, a senior official with the bloc’s secretariat said on Monday. Woman walks past trucks waiting in a 10km queue to cross the Kenyan-Ugandan border in the town of Busia, Kenya November 14, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo/File Photo
African countries began officially trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on Jan. 1, after months of delays caused by the global coronavirus pandemic.
Experts, however, say full implementation of the deal will likely take years.
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