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#49: Glo (Globacom) - How the private telecommunications company expanded across Nigeria & West Africa

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Kandungan disediakan oleh Olumide Ogunsanwo and Bankole Makanju, Olumide Ogunsanwo, and Bankole Makanju. Semua kandungan podcast termasuk episod, grafik dan perihalan podcast dimuat naik dan disediakan terus oleh Olumide Ogunsanwo and Bankole Makanju, Olumide Ogunsanwo, and Bankole Makanju atau rakan kongsi platform podcast mereka. Jika anda percaya seseorang menggunakan karya berhak cipta anda tanpa kebenaran anda, anda boleh mengikuti proses yang digariskan di sini https://ms.player.fm/legal.

Overview: Today we’re going to talk about Globacom - The Nigerian telecommunications company. We’ll explore the Globacom story across 5 areas:

  1. Nigerian telco sector context
  2. Globacom's early history
  3. Globacom's telco & non-telco businesses
  4. Globacom's potential exit options
  5. Outlook

This episode was recorded on Apr 10, 2022

Companies discussed: Glo (Globacom), MTN, Airtel, NITEL (Nigerian Telecommunications Limited), Econet Wireless & 9mobile (Etisalat)

Business concepts discussed: Telecommunications (Telco) strategy, Mobile money, Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs), Telco regulation, Celebrity advertising, Low-price telecoms strategy.

Conversation highlights:

  • (01:00) - Globacom background and why we’re talking about it
  • (07:40) - Globacom founding and spectrum auction
  • (20:30) - Mike Adenuga background
  • (30:20) - Globacom launch
  • (44:36) - Globacom African Expansion
  • (56:50) - Globacom core Telecom business
  • (1:07:58) - Globacom non-telco business
  • (1:19:50) - Competition and IPO / spinoff?
  • (1:29:48) - Bankole’s overall thoughts and outlook
  • (1:40:10) - Olumide’s overall thoughts and outlook
  • (1:46:30) - Recommendations & small wins

Olumide’s recommendations & small wins:

  • Recommendation: Marc Andreessen Blog archive ebook. Aggregates some of Marc's posts from the late 2000s. Insightful and very funny
  • Small win: Hung out with my friend who was visiting from out of town (on a Wed night!)
  • Thanks to Ifunanya Chiegboka for helping me think about Glo Story
  • Interested in investing in Africa Tech with Olumide: Read about Adamantium fund & contact me at olumide@afrobility.com
  • Founders looking for funding: If you're a B2B founder working on Education, Health, Finance or food, please contact me for funding at olumide@afrobility.com

Bankole’s recommendations & small wins:

Investors, Operators, Entrepreneurs - We’d love to hear from you. Please email info@afrobility.com to share feedback or propose topics you’d like to hear.

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Kandungan disediakan oleh Olumide Ogunsanwo and Bankole Makanju, Olumide Ogunsanwo, and Bankole Makanju. Semua kandungan podcast termasuk episod, grafik dan perihalan podcast dimuat naik dan disediakan terus oleh Olumide Ogunsanwo and Bankole Makanju, Olumide Ogunsanwo, and Bankole Makanju atau rakan kongsi platform podcast mereka. Jika anda percaya seseorang menggunakan karya berhak cipta anda tanpa kebenaran anda, anda boleh mengikuti proses yang digariskan di sini https://ms.player.fm/legal.

Overview: Today we’re going to talk about Globacom - The Nigerian telecommunications company. We’ll explore the Globacom story across 5 areas:

  1. Nigerian telco sector context
  2. Globacom's early history
  3. Globacom's telco & non-telco businesses
  4. Globacom's potential exit options
  5. Outlook

This episode was recorded on Apr 10, 2022

Companies discussed: Glo (Globacom), MTN, Airtel, NITEL (Nigerian Telecommunications Limited), Econet Wireless & 9mobile (Etisalat)

Business concepts discussed: Telecommunications (Telco) strategy, Mobile money, Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs), Telco regulation, Celebrity advertising, Low-price telecoms strategy.

Conversation highlights:

  • (01:00) - Globacom background and why we’re talking about it
  • (07:40) - Globacom founding and spectrum auction
  • (20:30) - Mike Adenuga background
  • (30:20) - Globacom launch
  • (44:36) - Globacom African Expansion
  • (56:50) - Globacom core Telecom business
  • (1:07:58) - Globacom non-telco business
  • (1:19:50) - Competition and IPO / spinoff?
  • (1:29:48) - Bankole’s overall thoughts and outlook
  • (1:40:10) - Olumide’s overall thoughts and outlook
  • (1:46:30) - Recommendations & small wins

Olumide’s recommendations & small wins:

  • Recommendation: Marc Andreessen Blog archive ebook. Aggregates some of Marc's posts from the late 2000s. Insightful and very funny
  • Small win: Hung out with my friend who was visiting from out of town (on a Wed night!)
  • Thanks to Ifunanya Chiegboka for helping me think about Glo Story
  • Interested in investing in Africa Tech with Olumide: Read about Adamantium fund & contact me at olumide@afrobility.com
  • Founders looking for funding: If you're a B2B founder working on Education, Health, Finance or food, please contact me for funding at olumide@afrobility.com

Bankole’s recommendations & small wins:

Investors, Operators, Entrepreneurs - We’d love to hear from you. Please email info@afrobility.com to share feedback or propose topics you’d like to hear.

  continue reading

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