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South Africa's MTN treads a fine diplomatic line to stay atop Nigerian telecoms market

Over the last two decades, MTN has succeeded in establishing itself as leader on the Nigerian mobile phone market despite the West African country's uneasy relations with the big South African companies. Nigeria and South Africa are fierce diplomatic and economic rivals but MTN has used a varity of different survival techniques to hold on to its position. [...] (1521 words)
Issue dated 12/04/2021 Reading time 7 minutes

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