Vodacom wins government deal worth up to R5bn
VODACOM, Africa’s largest cellphone company by market value, has won an estimated R5bn government contract as Treasury seeks to cut costs, according to three people familiar with the matter.The tender is to supply as many as 1.3-million government employees for four years, starting on September 15, said the people, who asked not to be identified as details of the deal had not yet been made public.If 400,000 government employees take up the service, the contract will be worth up to R5bn over the duration of the deal, one of the people said."Vodacom is honoured by the National Treasury’s decision to appoint us as a partner to government to deliver on the all-important task of enabling government to connect and communicate efficiently," CEO Shameel Joosub said in e-mailed comments on Wednesday, without providing detail of the contract."Our substantial investment in infrastructure and innovative capability will now be at the disposal of the state."The decision is intended to save Treasu...
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