Articles tagged with: Nawras and Zain

The Fastest Growing Mobile Operators in Africa/Mid-East

The chart shows the fastest growing businesses in the MEA region over a twelve month view. The list includes nine of the names that feature in the Q1 08 list, with Zain Iraq coming in at Algerie Telecom MobileÃ's expense. The top two places are the same in the year as they are in the quarter, with TCIÃ's 9.12m just shading IrancellÃ's 7.95m. The other really strong performances in the region were spread across five main markets - with Mobily in Saudi Arabia taking third place ahead of two Egyptian companies, three from Nigeria and one each from Iraq and Kenya.  more

Related Tags: mtn, ipo, safaricom, mobily, orascom, algerie-telecom

Egyptian Network Operator Secures $845 Million Loan

Arab Bank Group has recently signed an $845 million loan agreement, as part of a consortium of international and regional banks, for the benefit of Egypt's latest GSM/3G network operator, Etisalat Misr.  more

Related Tags: etisalat, etihad-etisalat, Egypt