Vodacom's load shedding problem extends beyond SA

load shedding woes are extending to other operating markets in Africa and threatening to inflate its costs.

Despite these challenges, Vodacom Group said superior network availability is one of its competitive advantages Vodacom said its network availability in South Africa has dropped by only 2.3% between 2021 to 2023, despite grid power availability plummeting by 23.5% in the same period. Mitigating the effects of load shedding, however, does not come cheaply, and Vodacom has had to invest “substantially” in battery backup power in South Africa – and it looks like Lesotho, Kenya, Ethiopia and Egypt must follow suit.

Vodacom owns 5.7% of the Ethiopia business through Safaricom, servicing 4.3 million customers with an Arpu of R17/month.

Source: Financial Digest (financialdigest.net)

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