Industry Developments
Telecoms subscribers will notice a change in terminology within the Telecoms Business Environment Ratings in this latest update. BMI has undertaken this change in order to standardise...
2010-09-01Oman
BMI's Middle East and North Africa Business Environment Ratings have stayed relatively stable this quarter. Indeed, only four countries have changed position, with the UAE and Jordan,...
2010-08-31Following the sale of its Sub-Saharan Africa assets in June 2010, Zain Group is now looking to its Middle East and North African operations for future growth. Of the company's remaining...
2010-08-23Uganda
New entrant Foris Telecom has set a high standard for players in Uganda's nascent broadband services market, with its low-cost mass-market approach aimed at enticing customers away...
2010-08-20South Africa-based regional mobile powerhouse MTN Group has reported a 2.2% year-on-year (y-o-y) fall in its consolidated revenues for the first six months of 2010, despite an otherwise...
2010-08-20United Arab Emirates
The UAE, among the top 10 most optimistic nations in terms of consumer confidence, is embracing e-commerce as shoppers move out of malls and go online. Growing interest in e-commerce...
2010-08-18Kenya
Kenyan mobile network operator Safaricom reports that the number of users of its M-PESA mobile money transfer service grew 60% year-on-year (y-o-y) to reach 11.89mn users at the end...
2010-08-17Jordan
Orange Jordan is embarking on a corporate responsibility investment programme that it hopes will help it to increase the number of internet users in the country, reports the Jordan...
2010-08-11
