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- 12 Jun 2023
WATT Renewable Corp. to Raise $100m for Solar-Powered Telecoms Towers in Nigeria
WATT Renewable Corp. aims to raise as much as $100 million by the end of 2024 to expand its business of providing solar power, mainly to telecommunications towers in Nigeria, according to Bloomberg…
- 7 Mar 2025
Hotspot, Clear Blue Consortium Ink MOU for Solar-Powered Mobile Sites
Hotspot, Nigerian last-mile connectivity and tower operator, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a consortium led by Clear Blue Technologies, solar-power company to deploy 312 solar…
- 22 Jan 2016
Tecno Lights Up Computer Village with 88 Solar Powered Streetlights
Olufemi Odubiyi, ‎commissioner for Science and Technology, Lagos State, led other dignitaries at the commissioning of eighty-eight solar powered streetlights donated by Tecno Telecoms Limited.…
- 5 Nov 2013
Most Powerful Solar Chargers Yet to Launch at AfricaCom
Featuring ground-breaking technology and an affordable cost structure that quickly turns to profitability for telecoms, World Panel Inc., launch a suite of powerful handheld solar chargers at…
- 1 Jun 2009
Solar Power Supply Can Work in Nigeria - Odunowo
AbdulRahman Abiola-Odunowo, is the managing director/CEO of Private Networks Nigeria Limited (PNN). The graduate of chemistry from the University of Dundee, Scotland, got involved in…
- 24 Jul 2012
Solar Power, Solution to QoS – Hochet
Nigeria could be on a path to sustainable growth and have one of the best telecom services in the world, if proper investment is geared towards building renewable sources of energy to power the…
- 26 Mar 2026
IFC Invests $45m to Green African Telecom Sites
Clean and reliable power for telecom networks in Ethiopia, Liberia, and Sierra Leone will be expanded following a $45 million investment by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in IPT…
- 24 Sept 2024
Airtel Nigeria Goes Green as Diesel Costs Hit N28Bn
Airtel Nigeria is taking steps to switch from diesel to solar energy as it seeks a more cost-efficient way to power its telecom infrastructure. working on the Solar energy panel Femi Adeniran,…
- 9 Nov 2019
Greenlight Planet, Partners Telecom Operators in Sub-Saharan Africa on PAYG Solar
Greenlight Planet, the market leader in the rapidly expanding pay-as-you-go (PAYG) solar industry has successfully partnered with major telecom operators in Africa. Recognizing the natural synergy…
- 11 May 2009
Telcos Adopt Alternative Power, Cut Cost by 40%
Telecom operators have adopted the use of alternative and renewable power solutions leveraging on its capacity to save them up to 40 percent on operational cost to power site, Nigeria…
- 9 Mar 2009
Dahmos Introduces Innovative Solar Energy Products
Dahmos Nigeria Ltd has positioned to put an end to electric power crisis in the country with its range of DahsolTM systems, which leverage on solar energy. The company has stated that its goal is to…
- 19 Mar 2012
Airtel to Attain 70% Africa ‘Green Network’ in 2013
In Africa, it would be said: ‘killing two birds with a stone’ and that could be exactly what Indian mobile operator Bharti Airtel attempts with its envisaged 70 per cent migration to ‘Green Network’…
- 22 Sept 2008
Zain, MTN, Back GSMA’s Renewable Energy Initiative for Networks
The GSMA has launched the Green Power for Mobile programme with the goal of helping the mobile industry use renewable energy sources, such as solar, wind, or sustainable biofuels to power 118,000 new…
- 8 Aug 2016
FG, Omatek Partner to Reduce Household Power Utilisation
Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, minister of Science and Technology, has said that the Federal Government had taken steps to reduce power consumption by households, businesses and government by 85 per cent. He…
- 4 Sept 2024
Hotspot Network Partners Solarkiosk to Boost Rural Connectivity
Hotspot Network Limited, a leading telecom tower operator has collaborated with Solarkiosk Solutions GmbH, a provider of off-grid solar energy across Africa. The partnership is expected to to boost…
- 7 Mar 2019
Pan African Towers, Watt Renewable Corporation Ink $20m Infrastructural Deal
Pan African Towers (PAT) Limited, a Nigerian firm has signed a $20 million infrastructure investment deal with Canadian firm, Watt Renewable Corporation. The Partnership will see Watt…
- 18 Jul 2025
Operators Seek Action Over Persistent Vandalization of Telecommunications Infrastructure Across Nigeria
The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has expressed deep concern over the increasing wave of vandalization and theft of telecommunications infrastructure across…
- 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…
- 8 Feb 2010
IHS Secures $162,000 Grant To Promote Clean Energy
The US government, through The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) signed an agreement with IHS Nigeria Plc, Africa’s leading telecommunications Infrastructure Company, to provide a grant…
- 30 May 2022
Tizeti Bags ISP of the Year Award @BoICT 2022
Tizeti, West Africa’s pioneer solar-based internet service provider, has won the Internet Service Provider (ISP) of the Year award at the Beacon of ICT Awards (BoICT), organized by the Nigerian…
- 14 Dec 2009
PNN Bags Pioneering Low Energy Designs Award
Private Networks Nigeria (PNN), a leading Pan-African technology service provider has clichéd the 2009 recognition award for Selfless Service to Humanity in the area of pioneering and…
- 2 Nov 2023
Tizeti Secures Facility to Expand Solar-Based Internet Access in Nigeria
Tizeti Network Limited, West Africa’s pioneer solar-based internet service provider, has secured long-term financing from Chapel Hill Denham’s Nigeria Infrastructure Debt Fund (NIDF) to finance the…
- 7 May 2013
Vacant TV Spectrum Targeted for Affordable Rural Wi-Fi
Parts of the wireless spectrum that have been abandoned or left unused by television (TV) broadcasters as they increasingly move to digital transmission may provide a faster and cheaper way to beam…
- 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.…
- 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 Jul 2025
Telcos: How and Why Network Services have Been Poor
Telecommunications operators (telcos) in Nigeria have explained that the recent poor quality of network services experienced across the country is largely due to the widespread vandalism and theft of…
- 28 May 2026
MTN Reportedly Spends N60Bn on Diesel Annually
MTN Nigeria has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 6.4 per cent even as it estimates that powering its nationwide network with diesel costs more than N60 billion every year. In its newly released…
- 21 May 2026
MTN Nigeria Deepens Climate Action With 6.4% Emissions Cut
In September 2025, Nigeria strengthened its climate goals, committing to reduce emissions by 32% by 2030 while promoting greener jobs, innovation, and a fair transition to a low-carbon economy.…
- 17 Nov 2013
Hydrogen Chargers for Phones When Power Runs Short
African smartphone users will soon have an alternative means to get round the power shortages afflicting much of the world's poorest continent - a portable charger that relies on hydrogen fuel cells.…
- 2 Apr 2013
Orange Hands 2,000 Towers in African Markets to IHS
France Telecom-Orange has signed a 15-year deal to hand over the management of over 2,000 base stations in two African countries to IHS, a pan-African tower operator. Under the terms of the…