Vodacom

Summary

Vodacom is a business^[1]. Vodacom ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (646 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Vodacom is located in Midrand^[3].
• Vodacom is in the country of South Africa^[4].
• Vodacom is in the country of ZA^[5].
• Vodacom's instance of is recorded as business^[6].
• Vodacom's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[7].
• Vodacom's instance of is recorded as telecommunication company^[8].
• Vodacom's founder is recorded as Telkom^[9].
• Vodacom's founder is recorded as Alan Knott-Craig^[10].
• Vodacom is owned by Vodafone^[11].
• Vodacom's headquarters location is recorded as Midrand^[12].
• Vodacom's chief executive officer is recorded as Shameel Joosub^[13].
• Vodacom's child organization or unit is recorded as Vodacom Tanzania^[14].
• Vodacom's child organization or unit is recorded as Vodafone Egypt^[15].
• Vodacom's Commons category is recorded as Vodacom^[16].
• Vodacom's stock exchange is recorded as Johannesburg Stock Exchange^[17].
• Vodacom's industry is recorded as telecommunications^[18].
• 1994 marks the founding of Vodacom^[19].
• 1993-09-20 marks the founding of Vodacom^[20].
• Vodacom's location of formation is recorded as Johannesburg^[21].
• Vodacom's parent organization or unit is recorded as Vodafone^[22].
• Vodacom's official website is recorded as https://www.vodacom.com/^[23].
• Vodacom's product or material produced is recorded as landline telephone^[24].
• Vodacom's product or material produced is recorded as mobile telephony^[25].
• Vodacom's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+5228'}^[26].
• Vodacom's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+5009'}^[27].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 37890012A8DC24B8D663^[28]

• Registered legal name: Vodacom Group Limited^[29]

• Legal jurisdiction: ZA^[30]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[31]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): XE4Z^[32]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[33]

• LEI registration status: ISSUED^[34]

• Entity created: 1993-09-20^[35]

• LEI first registered: 2018-08-02^[36]

• LEI last updated: 2026-05-04^[37]

• LEI next renewal: 2027-05-05^[38]

• Managing LOU: 378900F4A0A690EA6735^[39]

• Registration authority: RA000531^[40]

• Authority entity ID: 1993/005461/06^[41]

• Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING^[42]

Body

Founding

Founders include Telkom^[9] and Alan Knott-Craig^[10]. Recorded inception include 1994^[19] and 1993-09-20^[20]. Vodacom's location of formation is recorded as Johannesburg^[21].

Identity

Vodacom's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Vodacom Group Limited'}^[43].

Leadership

Vodacom's chief executive officer is recorded as Shameel Joosub^[13].

Operations

Vodacom's headquarters location is recorded as Midrand^[12]. Vodacom's parent organization or unit is recorded as Vodafone^[22]. Subsidiaries include Vodacom Tanzania^[14], a business^[44], in Tanzania^[45], founded in 1999^[46], headquartered in Dar es Salaam^[47] and Vodafone Egypt^[15], a telecommunication company^[48], founded in 1998^[49], headquartered in Smart Village Egypt^[50].

Industry

Vodacom's industry is recorded as telecommunications^[18].

Ownership

Vodacom is owned by Vodafone^[11]. Vodacom's stock exchange is recorded as Johannesburg Stock Exchange^[17]. Products include landline telephone^[24] and mobile telephony^[25].

Why It Matters

Vodacom ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (646 views/month).^[2] Vodacom has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[51] Vodacom is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[52]