Alibaba aids Telkom’s search for BCX investor

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IT service unit will supply cloud computing products on behalf of Jack Ma’s company

A new deal for the sale of cloud computing products with China’s Alibaba is helping to drum up interest in BCX, which is still for sale, having had a difficult time attracting investors to take up an equity stake in the technology business.

However, with BCX, a big earner for the group at about a third of revenue, starting to see signs of growth, Telkom is now eager for a partner to help scale the business and take on bigger competitors. The search for an investor for the IT company — headed by Jonas Bogoshi, a former Gijima and Cisco executive — is part of a wider strategic push by the fixed-line operator to release billions of rand trapped in its sprawling structure, which includes properties, masts and towers, BCX and internet fibre operator Openserve.business, but progress in finding such a benefactor appears to be much slower than market players had expected.

 

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