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Africa & ME insights highlights

IPT Powertech Group: Leading T-ESCO globally

May 2017 | 0 comments

Voltalia’s strong expertise in off grid sites helps tower ...

April 2017 | 0 comments

Your towers can save lives...

January 2017 | 0 comments

The rise of the operator-led towerco...

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Energy storage working group report

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Africa & ME insights

IPT Powertech Group: Leading T-ESCO globally

“Redefining Power Solutions, Reinventing Telecom Infrastructure”
May 2017 | 0 comments

Voltalia’s strong expertise in off grid sites helps tower owners reach the lowest levelized cost of energy

April 2017 | 0 comments

Your towers can save lives...

January 2017 | 0 comments

The rise of the operator-led towerco...

January 2017 | 0 comments

Energy storage working group report...

January 2017 | 0 comments

Distributed generation working group report...

January 2017 | 0 comments

Energy priorities for sub-Saharan African MNOs and towercos

Insights from Vodafone, Helios Towers Africa and Towerco of Madagascar
December 2016 | 0 comments

Energy Vision: the first ESCO of scale in SSA

Energy Services Company takes on 400+ sites in Gabon
October 2016 | 0 comments

From tactical to strategic sourcing of ‘Deployment Services’

How to create efficiencies from site acquisition and civil works
September 2016 | 0 comments

How Vodafone improves energy efficiency within their Network Site Infrastructure

September 2016 | 0 comments

RANsharing and a potential tower sale in Algeria...

August 2016 | 0 comments

MNO competition, infrastructure quality and potent...

July 2016 | 0 comments

Site upgrades, service provider integration, SLA s...

July 2016 | 0 comments

Iran’s first towerco...

July 2016 | 0 comments

The locked-up treasure in emerging-market cell towers

Affordable power to 137 million people and 12.7 million metric tonnes of carbon displaced
July 2016 | 0 comments

Challenges for African middle-market towercos and Hotspot’s tower sale to IHS

An interview with Hotspot Network Limited COO, Charles Iyoha
May 2016 | 0 comments

TowerXchange’s analysis of IHS’s acquisition of HTN Towers’ 1,211 towers

An in depth analysis of IHS’s pioneering first African towerco consolidation
March 2016 | 0 comments

Reflections on 2015: Towerco CXO keynote panel report

February 2016 | 2 comments

Will we see the same tower transaction deal flow i...

September 2015 | 0 comments

The guiding principles of American Tower’s inter...

August 2015 | 0 comments

Why and how Airtel sold their African towers...

July 2015 | 0 comments

Egyptian towers: regulatory snapshot...

June 2015 | 0 comments

How the Egyptian tower market works

Perspectives from leading local tower builder and operator, HOI-MEA
June 2015 | 0 comments

How Atlas Towers intends to build a significant presence in South Africa

We spoke to Nathan Foster, entrepreneurial leader of the fast-growing Atlas Towers, about where he sees opportunity in the African tower market
May 2015 | 0 comments

Growth, competition and co-operation: the tower market in Mozambique

As three operators fight for this rapidly expanding market, the question being asked is whether shared towers can be leveraged to support growth?
April 2015 | 0 comments

How American Tower’s standardisation plans contribute to its global growth

March 2015 | 0 comments

Pace Group: When will towercos need Energy Service...

March 2015 | 2 comments

Unlocking the co-location potential of police netw...

March 2015 | 0 comments

How and what Helios Towers Africa buys...

February 2015 | 0 comments

Turning a profit connecting rural Africa...

February 2015 | 0 comments

African towercos’ strategies to date and plans for the future

Insights gleaned from the keynote towerco CXO panel session at the TowerXchange Meetup Africa, held in Q4 2014
February 2015 | 0 comments

NETIS: Weathering the storm – making a profit in Ghana

Jean Farhat explains how Netis are evolving to protect profits in a market where margins are reoded from all sides
February 2015 | 0 comments

Meetup Africa Roundtable Review: Nigeria Country Focus

A group of 14 experts met and shared their views on the past, present and future of the Nigerian tower market during the TowerXchange Meetup Africa in Johannesburg
February 2015 | 0 comments

Burkina Faso and Niger – two new tower markets created by the Airtel tower sale

February 2015 | 0 comments

Navigating the changing landscape of the Ghanaian ...

February 2015 | 0 comments

Staying competitive in Africa’s busiest tower ma...

February 2015 | 0 comments

TowerXchange’s state of the market: SSA tower in...

January 2015 | 0 comments

Lessons learned from the MNO panel session at the ...

January 2015 | 0 comments

How to perfect imperfections in leases to maximise the value of tower assets

Establishing title and transferability
January 2015 | 0 comments

CCE Case study: Proof of concept for Energy Management Solution as a Service

CPS slashes OPEX by 86.5% for UTL in Uganda
January 2015 | 0 comments

Why commercial due diligence is an essential aspect of a towers transaction for both towercos and MNOs

How EY tests the commercial viability of top line projections for buyers and sellers alike
January 2015 | 0 comments

Why Helios Towers Africa has made Tanzania the anchor of their portfolio

January 2015 | 1 comments

Raising equity and debt finance for today’s matu...

January 2015 | 0 comments

Flexenclosure Reflexions: Do you trust your data?...

November 2014 | 1 comments

Ericsson: Business models for cooperation between ...

November 2014 | 1 comments

CCE: Fixed price, distributed renewable power: can...

November 2014 | 0 comments

Who’s who in tower design, manufacture, installation and managed services in Africa

Your turnkey telecoms infrastructure partners for the design, installation and maintenance of thousands of cell sites in Africa
October 2014 | 0 comments

How Etisalat Nigeria accelerated the tower sale process and realised a good valuation

How the vision of the executive sponsor and the sale of other Nigerian MNO’s towers galvanised the sale process
October 2014 | 0 comments

The potential for, and implications of, consolidation among African MNOs and towercos

UBS’s telecoms equity research analyst summarises his views of potential changes in the African telecom map in the coming five years
October 2014 | 0 comments

The thinking behind Helios Towers Nigeria’s successful bond issuance

October 2014 | 0 comments

Terry Rhodes back on familiar ground: Eaton acquir...

October 2014 | 0 comments

How independent towercos make mobile broadband mor...

September 2014 | 0 comments

The implications of the Nigerian tower deals for m...

September 2014 | 0 comments

Introduction to debt finance for emerging market t...

September 2014 | 0 comments

The new Nigeria

Stability, clear trends and imminent middle-income status
September 2014 | 0 comments

How Square1 Infrastructure is building new towercos in SSA and Myanmar

Serial tower entrepreneur Dan Ryan finds opportunities in rooftops, BTS, DAS and IBS in emerging markets
August 2014 | 2 comments

Eaton Towers’ tenancy ratios surge beyond two in South Africa

Targeting gated communities and less well off areas where data demand growth is highest enables Eaton to double the size of their South African portfolio
August 2014 | 0 comments

TIA Telecom: How to audit your asset register to improve the accuracy of valuations

August 2014 | 0 comments

An operator’s experience of working with towerco...

August 2014 | 0 comments

Introduction to the tower industry in Cameroon...

July 2014 | 2 comments

RANsharing: opportunity or threat?...

July 2014 | 1 comments

Financial due diligence for tower transactions...

July 2014 | 0 comments

What investors want

How the investment criteria and return expectations vary from early stage VC to later, larger investments in emerging market towers
July 2014 | 0 comments

Leveraging mobile towers as anchor tenants to accelerate rural electrification in Uganda

Airtel, GIZ and Kirchner Solar Group expand successful pilot
July 2014 | 0 comments

Towershare’s appetite for towers in MENA and Southern Asia

The criticality of local knowledge and local relationships in tapping a diverse range of opportunities in the MENASA regions
July 2014 | 1 comments

The TowerXchange who’s who: advisory and strategic consulting firms

July 2014 | 0 comments

How to structure a joint venture towerco...

June 2014 | 0 comments

How to minimise the total cost of evaluating and s...

June 2014 | 0 comments

An introduction to towerco business models and tow...

May 2014 | 0 comments

How to select and deploy an RMS to meet your needs...

May 2014 | 0 comments

How Hotspot Network built a portfolio of 100 towers in Nigeria

From billboards and BTS programmes to full co-location services
May 2014 | 0 comments

What lies beneath

Ground lease aggregators disrupt the tower industry
May 2014 | 0 comments

The rusty bolt effect: why Passive Intermodulation testing is becoming globally relevant

4G LTE is driving the change in terms of testing requirements
March 2014 | 0 comments

How to raise capital for tower transactions

February 2014 | 1 comments

MTN announces sale of mobile network towers to IHS...

February 2014 | 1 comments

The TowerXchange due diligence dossier...

February 2014 | 0 comments

A guide to tower transaction due diligence...

February 2014 | 2 comments

How to evaluate emerging market towers...

January 2014 | 1 comments

What it costs and how long it takes to evaluate and upgrade towers

How to get the maximum capacity at the minimum cost
January 2014 | 0 comments

Hardiman: He’s got the whole world in his hands

Engineering and corporate finance due diligence expert Enda Hardiman compares investment opportunities in global tower markets
January 2014 | 1 comments

TowerXchange Meetup Africa 2013: Event Report

Unique interactive format and focus on the tower industry attracts rave reviews
December 2013 | 1 comments

The prospects for ‘middle market towercos’ in Africa

December 2013 | 1 comments

Proof of Concept for Rural Infracos...

December 2013 | 0 comments

AMN helping operators connect 108m new subscribers...

November 2013 | 2 comments

New towerco Infratel prepares to launch in Souther...

November 2013 | 1 comments

Democratic Republic of the Congo case study...

November 2013 | 1 comments

The future of the African tower industry (Sept 2013)

September 2013 | 0 comments

Case study: infrastructure sharing in Tanzania

September 2013 | 0 comments

The future of South Africa’s telecom towers

Eaton Towers’ organic growth success story in South Africa hints at the long runway of growth in less mature SSA tower markets
September 2013 | 0 comments

Vodacom and Etisalat’s tower strategy

September 2013 | 0 comments

How to manage towers in high risk markets...

September 2013 | 0 comments

Helios Towers Africa to acquire 1,149 towers from ...

August 2013 | 1 comments

How to structure an active infrastructure sharing ...

August 2013 | 1 comments

How do Africa’s leading managed service provider...

July 2013 | 0 comments

How to ensure RF safety at African towers and rooftops

The importance of training site visitors, and of assessing and certifying installations, taking remedial action where necessary
July 2013 | 0 comments

The drivers of a tower transaction in Egypt

TowerXchange expects a deal to be confirmed in Egypt before the end of 2013
July 2013 | 0 comments

Nigeria: if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere

The risks and rewards for tower operators, and prospects for a tower transaction
July 2013 | 1 comments

Eltek: A business model to buy and sell energy by the kWh

July 2013 | 0 comments

Helios Towers Nigeria keen to acquire assets in Af...

June 2013 | 0 comments

Why share Africa’s towers?...

June 2013 | 1 comments

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