Ali, Not only are we seeing unfair advantage accorded to specific players, I think the consumers may need to be aware that they also need to themselves take the step to invest in competing alternatives (is it that the consumers are not aware of the implications - or is it that they plain decide to join the wave). Why I play the consumer card here is because - by experience - players like Airtel have always offered better service charges for a number of services they offer - including Airtel Money, Monthly bundled plans, etc etc. Sometimes it even made sense to get a monthly bundle from Airtel (across all networks) because its cheaper in the long run. Frankly consumers lack of support for competing alternatives demonstrates that consumers complain a lot about unfair service provision but take no steps to make it better in the long run - in light of the fact that in such circumstances investing in competition is actually even a cheaper short term option easily available. On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 8:38 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Listers
Another one bites the dust?
I'm really curious as to whats going on in the Telco sector.
Bharti Airtel has announced that it will be exiting 14 African countries within a year. The affected countries include: Chad, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
The telecom operator is faced with poor performance across those markets. Two years ago, when Airtel began talks to sell off its operations in Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo Brazzaville and Sierra Leone to Orange <http://mobilityarena.com/airtel-not-exiting-africa-despite-talks-to-sell-4-networks-to-orange/>, the company had stated that it wouldn’t be exiting Africa. Airtel plans Africa exit <http://mobilityarena.com/airtel-exit-nigeria-13-african-countries/>
Is the African market too competitive or is the regulatory environment skewed towards a few players?
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