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Indus Towers eyes Airtel’s Africa markets in first move beyond India

2025-09-04T16:49:00

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Source: Pexels / Miguel Á. Padriñán

Indian towerco’s Board of Directors gives the go-ahead to move into Africa, starting with three markets, with a helping hand from longstanding customer and controlling shareholder Bharti Airtel…

This article includes:

  • Organisations: American Tower; Bharti Airtel; Bharti Infratel; BSNL; Indian government; Helios Towers; IHS Towers; Indus Towers; MTNL; Reliance Jio; Vi.
  • Geographies: Africa; Asia-Pacific; Bangladesh; Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Chad; Congo-Brazzaville; Côte d’Ivoire; Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); Gabon; Ghana; India; Kenya; Madagascar; Malawi; Niger; Nigeria; Rwanda; Senegal; Seychelles; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia.
  • People: Prachur Sah.
  • Themes: Colocation; Compliance; Cost efficiency; Expansion; Infrastructure; Market competition; Multinational enterprises; Operational scalability; Regulation; Revenue diversification; Share price; Telecoms infrastructure; Towers.

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