The Nigerian Telecommunications Industry – 1 year to the Score (The Transformation of Airtel)
Econet Wireless In December 2000, Econet Wireless Nigeria Ltd (‘Econet’) was among the initial 5 applicants that bid for the auctioning licencing exercise held in January 2001. This was a company from Zimbabwe that was listed on the Zimbabwean Stock Exchange at this time. Econet started its GSM operations on the 7th of August, 2001.…