{"id":555330,"date":"2021-11-10T04:00:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T04:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/11\/10\/from-cape-to-cairo\/"},"modified":"2021-11-10T04:00:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T04:00:01","slug":"from-cape-to-cairo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/11\/10\/from-cape-to-cairo\/","title":{"rendered":"From Cape to Cairo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-01\"><\/a> <strong>Vodafone\u2019s South African subsidiary is making a play for Vodafone Egypt:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vodacom.com\/\">Vodacom<\/a> has made an initial offer to acquire Vodafone Group\u2019s majority stake in Vodafone Egypt, minority shareholder Telecom Egypt said in <a href=\"https:\/\/ir.te.eg\/en\/CorporateNews\/PressRelease\/151\/Vodafone-Egypt-informs-Telecom-Egypt-of-Vodafone-Group-s-receipt-of-an-initial-offer-to-transfer-its-stake-to-Vodacom\">a statement<\/a> in the early hours of this morning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The current shareholder structure:<\/strong> Vodafone Egypt is currently 55% owned by Vodafone Group and 45% owned by TE.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From Cape to Cairo:<\/strong> Formerly a 50-50 joint venture between Vodafone Group and South African telecoms giant Telkom, Vodacom is now 60% owned by Vodafone and the remaining shares are listed in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TE, which already owns and operates the mobile network brand We, isn\u2019t saying what\u2019s on the table:<\/strong> \u201cVodafone Group will disclose the value and structure of the offer,\u201d the statement said, without providing details.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But it now has the power to intervene in the transaction and take the stake for itself:<\/strong> Due to special rights in its shareholder agreement with Vodafone Group, the state-owned company gets preferential treatment ahead of a major shareholder change, and now has the option to purchase the 55% stake in Vodafone Egypt ahead of Vodacom.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Concentration risk? <\/strong>An acquisition by TE would give it full control of two of the four mobile operators in the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vodafone Egypt *may* still be on STC\u2019s radar<\/strong><sup><\/sup><sup><\/sup><strong>:<\/strong> Saudi Telecom <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2020\/01\/30\/vodafone-egypt-ceo-stc-acquisition-good-vote-confidence-egypt\/\">spent much of 2020 in talks<\/a> with Vodafone Group to acquire the stake, and submitted an initial offer valuing the company at USD 4.4 bn. The British company <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/5e92d627-df3f-439a-b32a-8f7183ef4cd6\">walked away from talks<\/a> late last year after being unable to agree a sale price, but press reports in September of this year suggested that the Saudi company might not have given up. <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/7cb9748b-d21b-4d62-8480-2c107a363083\">Sources told CNBC<\/a> that STC was in the process of acquiring finance to fund the acquisition and that the two sides had reentered talks, a claim Vodafone and STC both denied.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vodafone\u2019s South African subsidiary is making a play for Vodafone Egypt: Vodacom has made an initial offer to acquire Vodafone Group\u2019s majority stake in Vodafone Egypt, minority shareholder Telecom Egypt said in a statement in the early hours of this morning. 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