Lesotho
Telecom Lesotho
Nov. 2000
70
—
70
Madagascar
TELMA
Aug. 2003
34
13
68
Malawi
Malawi Telecom
Feb. 2006
80
30
80
Mali Mauritania
SOTELMA MAURITEL
July 2009 Apr. 2001
51 54
384 48
51 54
Mauritius Niger
Mauritius Telecom Nov. 2000 SONITEL Nov. 2001
40 51
261 16
40 51
Nigeria
NITEL
July 2006
51
500
Rwanda
Rwandatel
June 2005
99
20
80
São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal
CST
1989
51
1
51
SONATEL
Jul. 1997
33
90
73
Private sale to Mountain Communications (Econet, Zimbabwe), Mauritius Telecom, and Eskom (South Africa). Sale price not disclosed. Private sale to Distacom (Hong Kong, China), which also purchased France Telecom’s ownership Private sale to THL consisting of PCL (50.1%), Old Mutual (16.08%), NICO (5%), Detecon, Germany (2.603%), and Press Trust (6.217%). Percentages refer to MTL ownership. Private sale to Maroc Telecom Private sale to Maroc Telecom, which subsequently engaged in a series of sales with local investors. Its ownership stood at 51% in 2008. Private sale to France Telecom Private sale to a Chinese and Libyan consortium. Government has announced intention to renationalize. Private sale to TransCorp (Nigeria). Government has rescinded the sale and was in the process of reprivatizing in 2010. Initial private sale to Terracom (United States), which government later repurchased. LAPGreen Networks later acquired an 80% interest for $100 million. Private sale to Portugal Telecom Initial private sale to France Telecom. Subsequent additional sale to France Telecom and listing on regional stock exchanges. (continued next page)
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