http://www.businessdayonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3164:vivendi-set-to-acquire-zain&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=18

2009/6/12 Victor Maina <vmaina@gmail.com>
According to reports all over the net, a very powerful French Telco
with operations in Africa ( most likely Orange) has interests in
buying Zain's operations in Africa for an estimated $12billion plus a
discount of all the debts. However, Zain intends to hold on to its
Sudanese operation.

In light of this, I suspect Safaricom are watching the situation very
very closely as Orange could turn out to be an even bigger nightmare
than previously thought. I would be very concerned if I were
Safaricom.

On 10/06/2009, nyarotho kennedy <kenyarotho@gmail.com> wrote:
> So they are going to let Suffericom rule this industry?? They must be
> Inzain people! Not to worry good people,as the good book would say,
> every cloud has an Orange lining that costs less than a dollar a day!
> Yu make my day skunk. God bless y'all!
>
> @Rita, hello?
>
> On 6/10/09, MUTUA Andrew <mutua.andrew@gmail.com> wrote:
>> This is highly welcomed- there's definitely an underlying systemic issue
>> in
>> Zain/Celtel/Kencell (what I would call a shoot-yourself-in-the-foot
>> mentality). They need a complete overhaul of it's strategic and execution
>> component.
>> This the only GSM company I know of which instead of increasing it's
>> subscriber numbers and making profits in a highly virgin and lucrative
>> market is doing the reverse.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> MUTUA, Andrew
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "nyarotho kennedy" <kenyarotho@gmail.com>
>> To: <njukey@gmail.com>; "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 6:55 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Zain selling ?
>>
>>
>>> Hey if its Orange ( read France Telecom) one Rita Gitobu of Telkom
>>> should immediately contribute her 2cts to this thread...ti hi hi!!
>>> Rita are u guyz taking this to the next level??
>>>
>>> On 6/9/09, nyarotho kennedy <kenyarotho@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hey if its Orange ( read France Telecom) one Rita Gitobu of Telkom
>>>> should immediately contribute her 2cts to this thread...ti hi hi!!
>>>> Rita are u guyz taking this to the next level??
>>>>
>>>> On 6/9/09, David Njuki <njukey@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 2009/6/9 Moses Kemibaro <moses@dotsavvyafrica.com>
>>>>>
>>>>>> What if its France Telecom? Consolidation across African markets!
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What if its Orange?
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Δαβίδ
>>>>> Josh
>>>>> Billings<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/josh_billings.html>
>>>>> - "Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting
>>>>> thing he has got."
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
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