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Zimbabwe\u2019s Econet Wireless has shut down its African pay-TV unit, citing market conditions and content price inflation.<\/p>\n

“It is a difficult decision that we could not postpone,” the company said in a statement. “Over the last four years, we sought to disrupt Africa\u2019s media landscape and enable Africa to tell its own stories using a variety of technologies, including satellite broadcast, video streaming and free-to-air TV. The Econet Group invested heavily into Econet Media and supported the business over the period it operated without any third-party funding. Unfortunately, market conditions and content price inflation got in the way of us completing our mission.”<\/p>\n

The statement continued, “The Econet Group is entrepreneurial and believes in Africa and its potential. Our belief in ‘an inclusive connected future that leaves no African behind’ remains undaunted.”<\/p>\n

The rest of the Econet Group businesses continue to operate as per usual, as each of the companies are separate legal entities with their own management teams and boards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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