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- 8 Dec 2009
Helios Towers Africa Secures $350m equity for Expansion
Helios Towers has signed $350Million equity financing contract with Global Investor Group to rollout services to other African countries. The investing group comprised of Soros Strategic Partners LP,…
- 13 Jul 2015
Helios Towers Nigeria Changes Name to HTN Towers
Helios Towers Nigeria, a leading independent telecoms tower operator in Nigeria, has announced a corporate rebranding to HTN Towers, the name the Company is widely known as by its customers. HTN…
- 22 Jun 2015
Bharti Airtel Halts Sale of Base Stations to Helios Towers
Bharti Airtel, India telecommunications giant with operational bases in 17 African countries said that it will discontinue the sale of its towers in Tanzania and Chad to Helios Towers Africa (HTA).…
- 10 Jul 2014
Airtel Divests Telecoms Tower Assets to Helios Towers
Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), a leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, and Helios Towers Africa (“HTA”), the leading…
- 7 Apr 2020
Helios Towers Halts African Expansion
Telecommunications tower infrastructure company, Helios Towers has announced that it cannot go ahead with the investment on its expansion plans for Africa, in the light of the ongoing global COVID-19…
- 2 Mar 2018
Helios Towers Plans London Listing
African mobile towers operator Helios Towers plans to list on the London Stock Exchange in early April, it said on Friday, with an expected valuation of about 2 billion pounds ($2.75 billion). Helios…
- 8 Sept 2010
Helios Towers, DOPC Pen Co-Location Deal
Helios Towers has signed a Co-location agreement with Direct On PC (DOPC) for her roll out of 200 sites under Wimax network expansion plan in 2010/2011. DOPC is a Nigerian Communication Commission…
- 15 Jul 2015
Helios Towers Africa Appoints New CEO
Helios Towers Africa, one of the leading, independent telecommunications towers companies in Africa, has announced the appointment of Kash Pandya as its new chief executive officer and director, with…
- 21 Dec 2009
Helios Towers Gets ISO Certification for Global Quality
Nigeria’s foremost infrastructure sharing and managed services provider, Helios Towers Nigeria has achieved ISO 9001:2008 certification for excellent quality management systems and processes.…
- 15 Jul 2026
Helios Towers Secures $29m Facility to Expand Across Africa
Standard Bank has partnered with Helios Towers to provide a $29 million Social Documentary Credit Facility. According to the financial services company, this transaction marks Standard Bank's first…
- 11 Jul 2014
Helios Towers Africa Raises $630m in New Equity Fundraising
Helios Towers Africa, the leading, independent telecommunications towers company in Africa, announced that it has raised $630 million in new equity resources from existing and new shareholders.…
- 23 Mar 2021
Airtel to Sell 1,229 Towers To Helios for $108m
Airtel Africa has sealed an agreement to sell 1,229 towers to Helios Towers plc for $108m. The telecommunications tower companies to be sold are in its Madagascar and Malawi markets, Airtel said in a…
- 15 Mar 2024
Helios Towers Aims at Cash Flow Inflection Point this Year
Helios Towers, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange, anticipates the financial year (FY) 2024 to be the tipping point for free cash flow, and to continue growing beyond that. Tom Greenwood,…
- 13 Sept 2019
Helios Towers Makes Another U-Turn in London Listing Bid
African telecoms operator Helios Towers has rekindled plans to list on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). In March last year, the company ditched its bid to launch an initial public offering (IPO) in…
- 10 Mar 2016
IHS to Acquire Helios Towers Nigeria
IHS Holding Limited, the largest mobile telecommunications infrastructure provider in Africa, Europe and the Middle East, and Helios Towers Nigeria Limited, the pioneer of tower infrastructure…
- 24 May 2010
Gateway Business Partners Helios Towers for Network Rollout
Infrastructure sharing and managed services provider, Helios Towers Nigeria (HTN) has signed a 120-site co-location deal with Gateway Business Nigeria, a pan African telecommunications service…
- 19 Oct 2009
Helios Towers Tragets 2000 sites with $100m Facility
Telecommunications infrastructure building company, Helios Towers Nigeria has secured a US$100 million investment from the World Bank's IFC as part of a US$250 million capital injection that will…
- 16 Oct 2019
Helios Towers Prices IPO @ Low End of Range
African mobile networks operator Helios Towers has priced its initial public offering at 115 pence per share, giving it a market capitalisation of 1.15 billion pounds ($1.45 billion). Helios shares…
- 22 Jan 2014
Flexenclosure, Helios Towers Partner for eSite Hybrid Power System
Flexenclosure, a specialist developer of hybrid power systems and prefabricated modular data centres for the ICT industry, has announced the expansion of its eSite portfolio with a new version…
- 23 Mar 2021
Helios Announces Key Acquisitions to Advance Africa Aspirations
Independent telecom infrastructure company Helios Towers has signed agreements with Airtel Africa to acquire its passive infrastructure operating companies in Madagascar and Malawi, and has entered…
- 30 Oct 2016
IHS Announces Settlement of $800m Bond
IHS Netherlands Holdco B.V., which owns 100% of IHS Nigeria Limited (“IHS Nigeria”) the Nigerian subsidiary of IHS Holding Limited (“IHS”), the largest mobile telecommunications infrastructure…
- 4 Apr 2017
Telcos Decries High Tower Rentals Cost, Data Tariff
High cost of tower rental as well as unregulated data price have conspired to hobble internet service delivery, according to some telecommunications operators and internet service providers. Tower…
- 17 Nov 2009
Collocation is About Opex Reduction---Hussain
Fazal Hussain is chief executive officer of Helios Towers, pioneer collocation company. He has executed many international telecommunications projects in his over twenty years working experience that…
- 14 Jun 2016
IHS, HTN Seal Africa’s 1st Mobile Infrastructure Consolidation Transaction
IHS Holding Limited (“IHS”), the largest mobile telecommunications infrastructure provider in Africa, Europe and the Middle East, has completed the acquisition of Helios Towers Nigeria Limited’s…
- 26 Jun 2018
IHS Halts $10Bn IPO over Concerns for 2019 General Elections
IHS Towers Ltd. has postponed an initial public offering (IPO) that would have valued the company at as much as $10 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, because of concern that a…
- 15 Jan 2014
Etisalat Hires Standard Bank for Nigeria Tower Sale
Etisalat, the Gulf's top telecom operator, has hired Standard Bank as an advisor for the planned sale of transmitter towers by its Nigerian affiliate, three banking sources aware of the matter said.…
- 9 Jan 2013
Afreximbank, Starcomms Ink N9.7Bn Deal
Africa Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) has concluded arrangements to extend a loan facility of $62 million (N9.7 billion) to new owners of Starcomms, Capcom to facilitate the acquisition of the…
- 21 Jul 2014
Airtel Names Gbenga Rotimi as Legal Director
Airtel, a leading telecommunications services provider in Nigeria, has announced the appointment of Gbenga Rotimi as director, Legal Affairs and Company Secretary. Rotimi appointment takes effect…
- 8 Sept 2014
Bharti Airtel Targets $1Bn From Sale of Nigeria Towers
Bharti Airtel is expected to reach an agreement on the sale of its telecom towers in Nigeria for more than $1 billion within the next three weeks. American Tower Company (ATC) is believed to be…
- 1 May 2016
Telcos Need Over 180,000 BTS to Shore up Service
Mobile telecommunications operators in the country require over 180,000 base transceiver stations to effectively cover the country with improved quality of service, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek…