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