Less Walk More Talk: How Celtel and the Mobile Phone Changed Africa

Introduction.

1. Nigeria: bidding for the big one in a land without mobiles.

2. The boy from Sudan makes good.

3. From corporate governance to political governance - Mo Ibrahim’s Foundation.

4. The talk business - how does it work?

5. Starting out is hard to do.

6. Doing business in a war zone.

7. Steering clear of corruption .

8. Tanzania’s TTCL - the deal that took five years to complete.

9. Snatching Kenya from under the nose of rivals.

10. Changing the shape of the problem.

11. Building an African brand - the impact of mobiles on Africa.

12. Raising the funds to fuel growth - cash is king.

13. Going to market - Celtel sells out.

14. Meet the new owners.

15. Buying Nigeria’s V-Mobile - the billion dollar deal.

16. Luck or good judgement?

Annexes.

Annex 1 Chronology of events.

Annex 2 Dramatis personae.

Annex 3 Celtel's financings.

Index.