Airtel Africa secures IFC loan

The International Finance Corporation has issued an $194 million loan to Airtel Africa to support the connection of millions of subscribers to mobile internet in 6 African countries

Walker to leave Morrison

Nicole Walker is stepping down as chief commercial officer at Morrison & Co to dedicate more time to her family – and will leave at the end of March

Major boost for Bulgarian broadband

Vivacom, the largest telecommunications company in Bulgaria, is to invest 1 million lev into building a satellite network portal for UK-based company OneWeb

RFP for West Virginia country broadband P3

Jefferson County in West Virginia has issued an RFP seeking a private partner for its GigReady broadband implementation project

Antin secures majority stake in broadband company

Antin Infrastructure Partners has acquired a majority interest in OpticalTel, a leading fibre broadband provider in Florida

ADC to expand Kenya data centre footprint

Africa Data Centres is to expand its Sameer Data Centre facility in Nairobi by up to 15MW of IT load

STACK & ESR to build Japan data centre

Digital infrastructure company STACK Infrastructure and ESR Group have formed a JV to develop a 72MW data centre campus in Osaka’s eastern hub of Keihanna

NOVA Infrastructure acquires NY telecoms company

NOVA Infrastructure has acquired Xchange Telecom, a company that delivers high-speed internet, voice, and unified communication services

Equinix to build Malaysia data centre

Digital infrastructure company Equinix has announced plans to set up a $40 million international business exchange data centre in Johor, Malaysia

Morrison & Co adds new European directors

Morrison & Co has named Pia Lambert as its newest executive director, a move designed to build out the firm's presence in Europe

Brookfield selects Amazon for cloud services

Brookfield Asset Management has selected Amazon Web Services as a preferred cloud provider to accelerate its digital infrastructure and become a more data-driven company

Philippines proposes $4.4bn SWF

Filipino lawmakers have proposed a bill to establish the country’s sovereign wealth fund with an initial investment of $4.4 billion to support the archipelago’s economy

Tiger secures $40m for Philippines telecoms tower

A multilateral is considering providing a $40 million loan to Filipino telecoms company Tiger Infrastructure Philippines for developing telecommunication towers in underserved regions of the archipelago country

Q1 first close for recently-launched vehicle

A recently launched vehicle with an equity strategy targeting brownfield European assets launched in November and is targeting first close in Q1 2023, according to sources close to the matter

Basalt first close within days

Basalt Infrastructure Partners is approaching first close “within days” on its fourth vintage of an Atlantic-focused, multi-billion dollar infrastructure fund, according to sources close to the matter