Africa Archive

Africa Mobile Networks’ plan to reach 20,000 sites

By offering the lowest cost solutions and a new business model to MNOs AMN is aiming to transform rural coverage

November 07, 2019

Reshaping the Oman telecom towers market

Unlocking tower investment opportunity; Oman Tower Company at the forefront of regional change

Aninder Khera, November 05, 2019

Ethiopia Focus Group report: what we know about opportunities in the liberalising market so far

By the end of Q2 2020, three MNOs should be active and towercos will be on their way to adding 5,800 towers over the next three years

October 31, 2019

Helios Towers enters a new phase post-IPO

Why has Helios Towers gone public? And what does it mean for the future of African telecom towers?

October 28, 2019

ZTE’s holistic approach to energy management and TCO reduction across Asia

The technology leader on their continuous efforts to improve network energy management

Pablo Crespo, October 28, 2019

MNOs seek alternatives to towercos

Towercos remain important partners for towercos in Africa, but unless they respond to MNO concerns they will miss out on opportunities

October 26, 2019

CXO-perspectives from Africa’s leading towercos

As African towercos enter a new phase of life, what comes next for investment, diversification and new markets?

October 22, 2019

TowerXchange’s analysis of the tower market in the Middle East & North Africa

The Middle East and North Africa is the region the least penetrated by the towerco business model globally. Whilst a handful of build-to suit towercos have emerged, fewer than 6% of the region’s 275,104 towers sit in independent towerco hands, largely belonging to Saudi Telecom Company’s (stc) captive towerco, TAWAL.

Aninder Khera, October 04, 2019