Where we operate

We operate in nine high growth markets across Africa and the Middle East. Our diversified footprint provides scale benefits, customer proximity and hard currency balance.

Across the portfolio, our teams apply a common operating playbook, which we call Business Excellence, to deliver consistent power uptime, fast deployment and safe, compliant operations.

Our markets are some of the fastest growing in the world, driven by huge population, exponential data growth and low mobile penetration

Around one billion people across Africa and the Middle East do not use, or are not covered by, mobile broadband – close to the combined population of Europe and the US. By 2050, the population in Africa and the Middle East is projected to increase by approximately 55%, +1.0 billion, far exceeding the 6% growth forecast across the rest of the world. By 2050, the number of unique mobile subscriptions is projected to increase by 71%, +0.8 billion, far exceeding the 15% growth forecast across the rest of the world. By 2050, the number of smartphone devices in Africa and the Middle East is projected to increase by approximately 141%, +1.7 billion, far exceeding the 33% growth forecast across the rest of the world.

These drivers, together with exponential 4x data growth, strong GDP growth, a young and urbanising population and further smartphone adoption is expected to drive an estimated requirement of more than 27,000 points of service (‘PoS’) over the next five years in our nine markets. Each represents a potential new tenancy for our business and this organic growth opportunity exceeds the size of our portfolio today.

As the leading independent mobile tower company in seven of our nine markets, and with a relentless focus on delivering world-class operational excellence, we are well placed to provide best-in-class solutions to our blue-chip MNO customers, which in turn supports the proliferation of high-quality mobile services across Africa and the Middle East.