EDITORIAL: MTN retreat could cause its advance
Telecom company rightly scales back emerging-market ambitions by withdrawing from Middle East
12 August 2020 - 05:10
A sharper focus on its home continent could be just what MTN needs to reclaim its position as Africa’s second most valuable mobile phone company.
The company, Africa’s biggest mobile phone operator by subscribers, unveiled plans last week to withdraw from the Middle East, rightly scaling back its ambitions to become one of the major players in emerging markets...
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