Nigeria to receive $79m Telecoms investment

Executive Director, IHS, Issam Darwish, said the fund would enhance telecommunications services in the country by breaking current barriers in the sector. Investec made the money available via its African private equity funds.

Darwish, who said IHS, which is the largest telecommunications infrastructure provider in West Africa with more than 2,700 towers under its management and is still expanding its ownership and leasing operations throughout Africa, noted that the company intended to bring down costs, expand coverage, accelerate technology rollouts and improve the quality of service for subscribers in Africa.

Nigeria has an estimated 80 million active mobile telephone users and a teledensity of 53 percent.

Source: IT News Africa