Bharti hits redial as banks line up for $9bn Zain loan

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Bharti hits redial as banks line up for $9bn Zain loan

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India’s Bharti Airtel, which is looking to borrow as much as $9bn to finance its acquisition of Zain’s African operations, has resumed discussions with the banks that had been set to fund its aborted merger bid with South Africa’s MTN.

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