UK investor Actis picks up South African tower player
Actis joins forces with local investors to acquire Telkom’s Swiftnet tower business, with plans to expand to become a market leader.
This article includes:
- Organisations: Actis; American Tower; British International Investment; Chayora; Connectis Tower; Epoch Digital; General Atlantic; GS Group; Helios Towers; IHS Towers; Mineworkers Investment Company; MTN South Africa; NextStream; Octotel; Rack Centre; Royal Bafokeng Holdings; SBA Communications; Swiftnet; Telekom Srbija; Telefónica Group; Telkom; Telkom SA; Thunder; TowerXchange; Vodacom.
- Geographic: Africa; Argentina; Asia; Balkans; Bosnia & Herzegovina; Brazil; Chile; China; Europe; Malaysia; Montenegro; Nigeria; Peru; Serbia; South Africa; South America; South Korea; Taiwan; USA.
- People: David Cooke; Matthew McCollum; Serame Taukobong.
- Themes: 3G; 4G; 5G; Build-to-suit sites; Communication towers; Data centre; Digital infrastructure; Enterprise value; Fibre; In-building solutions; Infrastructure investment; Macro towers; Mobile market; Mobile network operators; Multi-tenancy; Private equity; Real estate; Sustainable infrastructure; TowerCo.
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