KPN acquires Youfone's Dutch business
KPN has acquired the Dutch activities of telecoms provider Youfone in a deal valued at €200 million
KPN to buy Primevest's fibre network
KPN has agreed to acquire Primevest Capital Partners' fibre network in the Netherlands for an undisclosed sum
IFC lends on Seacom’s subsea fiber business
The IFC said it is providing a $207 million debt package to Seacom as part of the latter's 5-year, digital infra expansion plan
UKIB – one out, a lot more in
UKIB is building a head of steam on the hiring front with more than 200 staff in place – plans for around 280 in steady state – and 38 of them working in banking. Read here a round-up of who is doing what and exclusive news on an exit
Scaleway creates standalone data centre arm
Pan-European cloud host Scaleway has announced its intention to split its data centre business away from the company’s central operations from 1 July 2023
Brookfield and Ontario Teachers’ acquire data centre plat...
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and existing investor Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan have reached an agreement to acquire Compass Datacenters from RedBird Capital Partners and the Azrieli Group
Midmarket fund to close in H2
A UK-based investor in the mid-market space expects to hold final close on the third vintage of its infrastructure fund in H2, IJGlobal has learned
JV created for Nordic data centre pipeline
Four leading Norwegian telecoms and energy companies have launched a joint venture to drive the country’s data centre market growth
NEXI invests in African Trade Insurance Agency
NEXI has signed a $14.8 million capital subscription into the ATI – becoming the newest member of the African risk insurer
EXA picks up Croatia's Unitel
British hyperscale connectivity company EXA Infrastructure has acquired Croatian telco Univerzalne Telekomunikacije for an undisclosed sum
Fund over 50% to target ahead of fresh deals
An Atlantic-investing infrastructure fund has progressed fundraising to over 50% of its target, and is advanced on 2 fresh deals
AIIB responds to allegations of ex-comms chief
AIIB has agreed to conduct an internal review after Canada said it would freeze ties with the lender following allegations by its former comms chief that it is dominated by Communist Party members
EU approves $27m for Sub-Saharan Africa
The European Union has mobilised €25 million to improve the financial management capacity of partner countries across Africa
ADB to support Turkmenistan
Asian Development Bank is planning to launch a country partnership strategy to support private sector and human capital development with an emphasis on climate change in Turkmenistan
JZI sells stake in Portuguese telecoms investor
Private equity investor JZ International has sold its stake in Lisbon-based Blue Sites Telco to Everest Infrastructure Partners