In an exchange with institutional investors, Safaricom management drew first conclusions from the price war initiated by new Zain owners Bharti Airtel.
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MTN, the strongest brand in Ugandan telecoms, has consolidated a hefty 60% market share. Is the Ugandan market big enough to accommodate new competitors, or is the established structure already too entrenched?
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Ethiopia and the EAC riparian states have challenged Egypt’s monopoly on Nile water use through the Nile Basin Initiative. Egypt, in contrast, is categorical in its denial to renegotiate an arrangement that is a colonial legacy, and hampers the other states’ ability to use the Nile for their own agriculture and power generation.
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