Third time lucky?

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Third time lucky?

Bharti Airtel’s $10.7bn takeover of the African assets of Zain is hardly the surprise of the century. The Indian telecoms company has been forthright about its ambitions to gain a foothold in the continent, and likewise Zain has made no secret of its desire to sell.

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