Mobile provider ECONET is making attempts to block any possible sale of Zain Nigeria to Bharti Airtel of India. According to Bloomberg, CEO of Econet, Strive Masiyiwa says his company has the first option to buy the stake acquired by Zain.

Customers who subscribe to a high-value package called “StepUP” offered by mobile operator Zain Nigeria, will receive additional benefits designed for their high-status lifestyle. These benefits include first class treatment at designated venues and other complementary services.

Zain Nigeria today signed a multimillion dollar deal with Motorola to expand its coverage, capacity and improve the service quality of its existing GSM network. The project aims to expand coverage of mobile services to rural Nigeria.

AIRCOM International, an independent network planning and optimisation consultancy, today announced that it has been chosen by ZAIN Nigeria to manage the operator’s transformation services project for its 2G and 3G networks.

Mobile network provider Zain Nigeria has made it possible for their Nigerian customers to still make calls even when they do not have airtime on their phones. This has been done through the introduction of a new service called Zain Pay4Me.

Zain Nigeria has introduced a new prepaid Blackberry service to its customers. This brings to an end the largely exclusive ability of only those people who can afford contract packages, to use the wide array of applications on Blackberry devices.

As part of its effort to strategically diversify and strengthen its leadership Zain Nigeria has announced key appointments in the company’s Commercial and Operations Groups and Human Resources Directorate.

Zain Nigeria has announced that it would restructure its operations, in line with Zain Group’s growth strategy aimed at improving service delivery to customers and creating value.