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MTN secures IHS deal approvals, moves closer to African towers take-back

2026-08-24T17:05:00

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Nigerian competition authority among multiple regulators to greenlight the deal, which could see MTN take back control of previously sold tower assets. Telco highlights IHS buy as among ‘selective’ investments in digital infra during H1, as it boasts a strong set of financial results for the period…

This article includes:

  • Organisations: Africa50; African Tower; American Tower; Bayobab; Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA); Helios Towers; IHS Towers; Korea Investment Corporation; MTN; MTN Digital Infrastructure; Nigeria Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC); Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC); ODC; South Africa Competition Tribunal; UBS Group; Wendel Group.
  • Geographies: Afghanistan; Africa; Asia-Pacific; Benin; Botswana; Cameroon; Congo-Brazzaville; Côte d’Ivoire; Europe; Eswatini; Ghana; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea-Conakry; Iran; Liberia; Middle East; Nigeria; Rwanda; South Africa; South Sudan; Sudan; Uganda; Zambia
  • People: Ralph Mupita.
  • Themes: AI inferencing; AI-native RAN technology; AI-ready digital infrastructure; arm’s-length basis; commercial basis; data centres; debt paydown; digital infrastructure; digital services; divestment; edge computing; earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA); expense-efficiency programme; Extraordinary General Meeting; fibre backbone; financing; governance; joint venture; local currency volatility; net debt-to-EBITDA ratio; regulatory approvals; sale-and-leaseback; spatial sensing; subsea cable system; takeover; tower assets; wireless infrastructure; wholesale segment.

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