Controversial Files in Mobitel Company

Host and Guest

• Host: Altahir Hasan Altom
• Guest: Engineer Imad Eldin Hussein, the first Director of Military Manufacturing and one of the founders of Sudatel Company

Mobitel Company

• Founded in partnership between Salah Idris (60%) and Sudatel (40%)
• License was limited to Khartoum
• Salah Idris sold a significant portion of his shares to the American MSI company linked to businessman Mo Ibrahim
• Emergence of Zain and Mo Ibrahim in the scene

Share Sale and MSI Company

• Salah Idris sold his shares in Mobitel to MSI without consulting Sudatel's board
• Sudatel planned to buy Idris's shares but only acquired 20%
• MSI faced legal challenges due to the sale without board approval

Relationship with Mo Ibrahim and MSI Company

• Agreement on a memorandum of understanding for MSI management of the company
• Legal issues and financial violations by MSI
• Sudatel took over management after MSI failed to adhere to the agreement
• MSI sold its entire stake to a Kuwaiti company

Entry of Zain (MTC Kuwait)

• Negotiations between Zain and Sudatel regarding share sales
• Role of the Sudanese government in negotiations and reaching an agreement with Zain for the share purchase
• Shares were bought for $1.32 billion

Launch of Sudani Network

• After Zain purchased the shares, Sudatel launched the Sudani network in 2008
• Technologies used: CDMA then GSM
• Major success of the network and strategy to compete with Zain

African Expansion of Sudatel

• Acquisition of companies in Mauritania, Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, and Guinea
• Challenges and successes in African operations
• Strategies and policies behind the expansion

Sale of Assets and Profits

• Sale of Sudatel assets and distribution of profits to shareholders
• Key points about profit and money distribution

End of Service for Engineer Imad Eldin Hussein

• Internal and external pressures affected his career
• Appointment of new managements and different agendas resulted in a change of administration

Next Episode

• Coverage of general events and challenges facing Sudan after the fall of Al-Ingaz regime
• A look at the future and the engineer's involvement in other fields like journalism and advocacy