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Africa, Madagascar
Southbridge pulls its weight for Hassanein Hiridjee

Madagascar-based Hassanein Hiridjee's Axian Group has just bought cellular operator Millicom's operation in Tanzania and is closing another deal in infrastructure. Both operations are being shouldered by Southbridge advisory bank, founded by Rothschild veteran Lionel Zinsou. [...]

Published on 22/04/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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