Business Writer
HARARE – The Econet Group and Telecom Egypt have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will enable Econet’s Liquid Telecom unit to complete a terrestrial fibre optic network stretching all the way from Cape Town in South Africa to Cairo in Egypt.
The MoU provides for Telecom Egypt and Liquid Telecom intend to mutually capitalise on opportunities by sharing and utilising their infrastructure in order to maximize monetisation of the bandwidth and existing infrastructure along the 60 000 kilometre network.
Under the terms of the MoU, the two companies will also develop a framework for commercial, technical and operational cooperation.
Strive Masiyiwa, founder and chairman of Econet and Liquid Telecom, signed the MoU on behalf of Liquid Telecom, while Ahmed El Beheiry, chief executive of Telecom Egypt, signed for the company.
The advisory and capital department of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) was Liquid Telecom’s financial adviser for the MoU after Liquid Telecom appointed earlier this year for a series of strategic engagements.
