Naspers Honored by ACQ Magazine With the "Deal of the Year" Award - Interview With Christian Unger


ZUG, Switzerland, October 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Indication: The Complete Article From ACQ Finance Magazine can be 
Downloaded Free of Charge Under: http://www.presseportal.ch/de/pm/100015343

The British trade journal ACQ Finance Magazine has singled out
the acquisition of the e-commerce player Tradus plc by the South African
print and online media corporation Naspers (JSE: NPN) as the "Deal of the
Year".

Christian Unger, former CEO of Tradus and today, as CEO of MIH
Internet Europe, responsible for the European Internet Division of Naspers,
is delighted by the Award: "The acquisition was a complete success for both
Tradus and Naspers. It has strengthened our position as the leading
e-commerce company in Central and Eastern Europe." Unger initiated the deal
at the end of 2007 while still CEO at Tradus plc and brought it to a
successful conclusion at the beginning of this year. In the meantime, the
integration of the Tradus Group into the Naspers corporation is complete. In
an in-depth interview with the ACQ Magazine, Christian Unger speaks about the
deal. Naspers unites well-known online auction marketplaces such as
Allegro.pl in Poland or Ricardo.ch in Switzerland under the umbrella of MIH
Internet Europe.

MIH Internet Europe / MIH Group is a multinational media
company that does business in the segments of electronic media, pay TV, the
Internet, instant messaging and dissemination of the associated technologies.
Christian Unger is CEO of MIH Internet Europe and manages the entire European
Internet segment of the listed South African media company Naspers. Prior to
joining Naspers Unger was employed in management functions in the publishing
sector as well as for print and electronic media at various media companies
(Bertelsmann, Arcandor, Tradus).

Leading Internet companies and online auction companies such
as allegro.pl (the market leader in Poland) and ricardo.ch (the market leader
in Switzerland), Aukro (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic), and QXL (Denmark,
Norway) as well as leading online portals such as Gadu-Gadu (Poland) or
mail.ru (Russia) are grouped under the umbrella of MIH Internet Europe.

You can download the complete article from ACQ Finance
Magazine in PDF format from our electronic press kit by logging onto

http://www.presseportal.ch/de/pm/100015343

For press information contact:

    Naspers - MIH Internet Europe
    Nicole Portmann
    Grafenau 12, P.O. Box 4636, CH-6304 Zug
    Tel: +41-41-769-34-34
    Fax: +41-41-769-33-20
    e-mail: nicole.portmann@tradus.com
    Internet: http://www.naspers.com

    Loepfe & Partner AG
    Steven Loepfe
    Alpenstrasse 16, CH-6301 Zug
    Tel: +41-41-722-33-22
    Fax: +41-41-722-33-23
    E-Mail: loepfe@loepfe.ch
    Internet: http://www.loepfe.ch



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