{"id":15054,"date":"2012-09-28T17:08:30","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T15:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/update-2-south-africas-vodacom-to-stay-in-drc\/"},"modified":"2012-09-28T17:08:30","modified_gmt":"2012-09-28T15:08:30","slug":"update-2-south-africas-vodacom-to-stay-in-drc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-2-south-africas-vodacom-to-stay-in-drc\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 2-South Africa&#8217;s Vodacom to stay in DRC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Had planned sale of the 51 stake in DRC<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Is in disputes with local shareholder, consultant<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Has invested in a 3G licence in Congo<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Helen Nyambura-Mwaura<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>JOHANNESBURG, Sept 28 (Reuters) &#8211; Vodacom no longer<br \/>\nplans to exit the Democratic Republic of Congo and wants to<br \/>\nresolve a longstanding dispute with its local partner to tap a<br \/>\nfast-growing market, the new chief executive of the South<br \/>\nAfrican mobile operator said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The South African unit of Vodafone previously said<br \/>\nit was looking to exit the business in sub-Saharan Africa&#8217;s<br \/>\nthird-most populous country, where it has been locked in a row<br \/>\nwith Congolese Wireless Network (CWN) over fees.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are working with the local partner to resolve the<br \/>\nissues. We are confident the issues are resolvable,&#8221; Shameel<br \/>\nJoosub said at a briefing.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Joosub, 41, was speaking to reporters for the first time<br \/>\nsince taking over as the company&#8217;s chief executive at the start<br \/>\nof this month.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Certainly for a group like Vodacom, it&#8217;s preferable to<br \/>\nremain in the DRC because it is a market that offers excellent<br \/>\ngrowth potential,&#8221; said David Lerche, a telecoms analyst at<br \/>\nAvior Research in Johannesburg.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Had planned sale of the 51 stake in DRC * Is in disputes with local shareholder, consultant * Has invested in a 3G licence in Congo By Helen Nyambura-Mwaura JOHANNESBURG, Sept 28 (Reuters) &#8211; Vodacom no longer plans to exit the Democratic Republic of Congo and wants to resolve a longstanding dispute with its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-15054","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15054\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}