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SO NOW we know what Telkom looks like shorn of its high-growth, high-earning cellphone operation, Vodacom: pretty sad. First-half profit is down nearly 40% and despite the fact that this decline was actually better than the forecast range, the market still thumped the share.
A CONVOLUTED 21-page report covering Telkom's interim results boils down to one essential fact -- its fortunes are in decline.
PROPERTY loan stock company Vukile 's distributions for the six months to September increased 6,6% to R138,9m, or 47c per linked unit, but higher electricity and rates and taxes charges had a negative effect on distributable earnings as these charges were not fully recovered from tenants.
UNRELIABLE and interrupted electricity supply has hindered industrial growth, a minister said last week.
An ambitious investment programme by the Kenya Electricity Generating Company could, in less than five years, end the East African powerhouse's reliance on expensive fossil-fuel based power from independent power producers.
Senate Committee on Works has blamed contractors in the country for the poor state of roads in the country. Chairman of the Committee,Senator Julius Ucha, made the remarks yesterday during a courtesy visit to Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, at Ikeja, after a tour of the South-East states in the country.
RESIDENTS of Aluu Community in Rivers State have called on the Rivers State Government to intervene in the deplorable condition of UNIPORT/ Aluu Road.
Regional economies will continue to see a shift towards information based activity as the telecoms sector drives economic growth in the future, a survey of senior executives has found.
Kotu Senior Secondary SchoolÂ's Information and Communication Technology (ITC) club, on Thursday organised an inter-school quiz for ten seinor schools in the Greater Banjul Area and Western Region at Kotu Senior Secondary School ground.
There will be no future electricity rationing in the country, the government has declared.
Stalled or delayed projects under the Economic Stimulus Programme are now set to be revived following the passage of the Appropriations Bill last week, Finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta has said.
Energy minister Kiraitu Murungi has declared an end to future power rationing in the country.
ABIA State Government, weekend raised hope that the NNPC depot at Osisioma, near Aba would soon be reopened.
THE recent demolition of a property worth over N100 million belonging to a renowned auto dealer, Mr. Arthur Orakpo by officials of the Enugu State Government for allegedly encroaching on the buffer zone of the Asata River Bank, has attracted angry reaction from an activist in the state, Dr John Agu.
Tigo Rwanda, the third mobile operator in the country, is launching Monday 23, with a record of over 30,000 subscribers.
Smile Telecom, the first ever Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone provider launched its services on the Uganda market last week - bringing the number of telecommunication providers to seven.
Imagine life without a toilet. Imagine the mess. Imagine the disease. This is why Hon Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD), has called on Ghanains to treat the discussion of toilets as "serious business."
As the cause of 1 death every 6 hours (with the economically active at most risk) and costing an equivalent to 1.6% of Ghana's GDP, road carnage presents a significant barrier to Ghana's development agenda. It is the gravity of this problem that made the road safety conference (held on the 4th and 5th November) in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) ...
The Minister of Public Works Samuel Kofi Woods has acknowledged that the lack of maintenance is seriously hampering road rehabilitation activities in the country.
The United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), officially handed over the rehabilitated Harper City Hall/ Maryland County Administration Building to the government of Liberia, after completing five months of rehabilitation work. USAID provided a $450,000 grant to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to rehabilitate the building under its Liberia Community ...
Residents of Aso in Mararaba yesterday expressed their displeasure over power outage that has afflicted their community for over eight months.
A Tanzania Investment Centre official has urged the private sector to combat climate change.
The Government is once again being urged to protect local industries.
Just how digital literate your future church pastor will be?
Planned to be one of the most beautiful regions in the world, the federal capital territory is gradually falling below that expectation, due to what seems to be gross neglect of the suburbs of Abuja city.
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