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- 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…
- 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.…
- 24 Dec 2019
IHS Towers, Nigerian Firm Buys Brazilian Telcoms Infrastructure Company
IHS Towers, Nigerian telcoms group, said it has agreed to buy Brazilian telecoms infrastructure company Cell Site Solutions (CSS) from Goldman Sachs and Centaurus Capital LP for an undisclosed…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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.…
- 12 Oct 2017
IHS, Zain Sign $165m Tower Portfolio Agreement
Mobile communications infrastructure company, IHS has entered into agreements to buy and leaseback the passive physical infrastructure of Kuwait-based mobile operator, KSCP (Zain), for US$165…
- 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…
- 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…
- 13 Oct 2025
IHS Closes Deal to Sell Rwanda Operations
IHS Holding Limited (IHS Towers), an independent tower company, has completed the sale of 100% of Rwanda operations to Paradigm Tower Ventures. First announced in May, the deal is worth $274.5…
- 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…
- 11 Sept 2013
UK Firm Plans $550m Investment in African Towers
A UK based company with tower assets in Africa has announced an investment of $550 million over 3 years to build mobile network infrastructure throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Africa Mobile Networks…
- 5 Aug 2026
MTN Moves Closer to Full IHS Takeover
MTN Group has moved a step closer to taking full ownership of telecommunications tower operator IHS Towers, after shareholders of the infrastructure company approved the proposed acquisition at an…
- 27 Nov 2023
DPI, Verod Capital Partner to Back Management of Pan African Towers
Pan African Towers (PAT), a leading digital infrastructure company based in Nigeria, has announced a strategic investment from Development Partners International (DPI), a premier investment firm…
- 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…
- 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.…
- 13 Mar 2018
MTN Mulls Sale of $2.3Bn Stake in IHS Towers to Cut Debt
MTN Group could cash in from an Initial Public Offering (IPO) , of Africa’s largest telecommunications towers company by selling a stake valued by the wireless carrier at about R27bn($2.3bilion),…
- 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…
- 3 Oct 2023
IHS Towers Lists Giant Strides in Meeting with President Tinubu
IHS Towers, one of the largest independent owners, operators and developers of shared communications infrastructure in the world, has said its operations have earned Nigeria a very strong foothold in…
- 4 Mar 2025
ATCON Commends FG over Plans to Build 7,000 Telecom Towers
Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has praised the Federal Government’s plan to erect 7,000 telecommunications towers in rural areas. Tony Emoekpere, president, ATCON,…
- 27 Dec 2013
MTN Selling Tower Portfolios in Rwanda, Zambia To IHS
MTN Group, African leading telecommunication Company has agreed to sell its tower portfolios in Rwanda and Zambia to IHS Holding Limited (IHS), a leading tower operator in Africa. The transaction…
- 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…
- 12 Sept 2017
PAT Gets Operational Approval for Collocation Services
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has granted Pan African Towers license to provide infrastructure sharing and collocation services in the country. The license is valid for 10 years, but can…
- 12 Dec 2023
Award of Tower Contract to ATC for 2,500 Sites Final- MTN Nigeria
MTN Nigeria has said that the award of tower contract to ATC for 2,500 sites is final. The telecom giant was reacting to media reports saying that IHS Towers has offered the company improved terms…
- 25 Sept 2023
IHS Towers Wins Big in Tech Innovation Awards 2023
IHS Towers, one of the largest telecommunications infrastructure providers in Africa, Latin America and the Middle East by tower count, has emerged as one of the biggest winners of the Tech…
- 12 Jun 2017
Telcos Face Distress as Operational Challenges Worsen
Telecommunications operators in the country once seen as flourishing are today battling to survive due to unfavourable economic policies been implemented by the government. The situation has forced…
- 18 Sept 2024
IHS Nigeria Partners Jaza Energy to Deploy Solar Hubs @ Tower Sites
IHS Nigeria, a subsidiary of IHS Towers, has formed a strategic partnership with Canadian-based energy company Jaza Energy, that will see Jaza install solar hubs at 250 towers in underserved areas of…
- 23 Jan 2015
Trusted Data to Tip Balance between Success, Failure This Year
The wheels are turning ever faster in the telecom industry. For every year, there are new and often unexpected developments. As we face another eventful year, industry expert David King, CEO of…
- 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…