A consortium has signed a deal to acquire Western Cape fibre network operator Octotel from Actis.
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British International Investment, the UK government’s development finance arm, plans to invest $6-billion over the next five years.
Creative new investment solutions are required to fund ICT infrastructure that can accelerate the roll-out of fast, unlimited Internet to poorer households.
A key funder of South Africa’s renewable energy drive is backing natural gas as the fuel needed to help the country bridge the transition from coal power generation to the use of wind and solar.
South African fibre telecommunications infrastructure company MetroFibre Networx has raised R2.5-billion in new debt financing, led by Investec, adding to the R1.5-billion recently raised from shareholders.
Old Mutual’s private equity unit has acquired a stake in a second data centre in sub-Saharan Africa as it expands to take advantage of a shortfall in cloud storage capacity on the continent.
South African fibre broadband provider MetroFibre Networx has raised R1.5-billion in a new funding round led by infrastructure-focused private equity fund manager African Infrastructure Investment Managers.