21 results
- 3 Nov 2014
Darwish, Nigerian Billionaire Tycoon Raises $2.6Bn for Telecom Towers
IHS Towers, a Nigerian phone tower company founded by Issam Darwish, Lebanese-Nigerian businessman has raised $2 billion in equity and $600 million in debt in one of the largest equity fundraising…
- 13 May 2016
Singularity Investments Invests in Mobile Advertising Start-Up, Sliide Airtime
Singularity Investments announces today that it has invested an undisclosed sum into Sliide Airtime, a mobile advertising technology start-up that gives consumers free airtime in return for engaging…
- 23 Jan 2013
IHS Plans More African Phone Tower Deals
IHS, telecoms Infrastructure Company, hopes to agree up to three transmitter tower deals in Africa this year and increase the size of its portfolio nearly seven-fold within the next four years.…
- 24 Jul 2013
IHS Secures $522m for African Expansion
IHS Towers, Africa's largest independent mobile infrastructure company, has secured $522 million of debt and equity, led by new and existing lenders and shareholders to finance its expansion…
- 4 Mar 2014
IHS Raises $490m for African Towers Expansion
IHS Holdings, African tower network operator has secured $490 million in additional funding for its expansion plans. Support from existing investors was combined with strong participation from…
- 8 Aug 2014
Etisalat Nigeria, IHS Sign Tower Sale Agreement
Etisalat Nigeria has announced the sale of 2,136 of its towers to IHS Holding Limited (“IHS”) as part of a broader strategy to drive improvements in the quality of its network performance and to…
- 4 Sept 2014
MTN Nigeria Signs Tower Sale Agreement with IHS
MTN Nigeria has signed an agreement with IHS Holdings for the transfer of its towers business, comprising 9 151 mobile network towers, to the latter, in the West African country. MTN – Africa's…
- 8 Dec 2014
IFC Lends $200m Loan to IHS for Tower Deal
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, announced a commitment of $200 million to help IHS Nigeria expand its tower portfolio and create mobile phone infrastructure that will improve mobile call…
- 27 Jan 2016
Global Business, Government Leaders to Speak at Economist’s Nigeria Summit 2016
The events’ arm of the foremost International socio economics news magazine, The Economist Events has concluded plans to hold the 11th edition of the annual Nigeria Summit. Slated for Monday, March 7…
- 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…
- 19 Apr 2016
Asoko Insight Announces Singularity Investments as New Investor
Asoko Insight (‘Asoko’), the leading provider of corporate information on African growth markets, on Tuesday announced the successful conclusion of a strategic investment from Singularity Investments…
- 12 May 2016
IHS Urges Africa to Replicate Telecoms Revolution on Renewable Energy
Africa must deliver a renewable power revolution, as happened with telecommunications, to reach its ambitious targets, according to a new report commissioned by IHS Towers, the largest mobile…
- 23 Oct 2012
IHS Nigeria, NSE Confirm $284m MTN Tower Deal
IHS Nigeria, telecoms infrastructure firm has confirmed an agreement with the MTN Group to acquire 1,758 mobile network towers (Base Transceiver Stations) in Cote d'Ivoire and Cameroon. This will…
- 6 Dec 2012
Ekobank, Others Raise $202m for IHS holding
Ecobank Capital, the investment banking division of the Ecobank Group, said that a group of banks had successfully raised a total of $202 million syndicated facility for IHS Holding Limited. Other…
- 1 Feb 2013
Telecoms Boom Leaves Rural Nigeria, Others Behind
While mobile phone usage has exploded across Africa over the last decade, transforming daily life and commerce for millions, it’s a revolution that has left behind perhaps two thirds of its people.…
- 28 Apr 2017
IHS Launches Vendor Upskill Pilot Programme in Nigeria
IHS Holding Limited (“IHS”), the largest mobile telecommunications infrastructure provider in Africa, Europe and the Middle East, announces the launch of a bespoke vendor upskill pilot programme to…
- 25 May 2016
IHS Towers Bags Africa Telecom Infrastructure Company of The Year Award
IHS Towers (“IHS”), the largest mobile telecommunications infrastructure provider in Africa, Europe and the Middle East, has won the 2016 Africa Telecom Infrastructure Company of the Year Award at…
- 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…
- 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…
- 2 Feb 2017
MTN Group Ups Investment in IHS
The MTN Group will exchange its 51% interest in Nigeria Tower InterCo, the parent company of telecom tower operator INT Towers, for an additional shareholding in IHS Holding, the company announced.…
- 3 Jun 2015
SMEs Look to ICT to Overcome Challenges
A report on Nigeria and the role of technology in empowering SMEs, produced by the Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by mobile communications infrastructure services provider IHS Towers,…