Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa assets are to merger, creating a new entity where Vodacom will be a shareholder.
Remgro-controlled Community Investment Ventures Holdings (CIVH) has sought to allay fears that the impending merger of its fibre infrastructure entities, Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa, would harm competition. Instead, it insisted that the transaction is a "national imperative".
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