African infrastructure investor Africa50 has increased its equity investment into Ghana’s PAIX Data Centres to support its expansion into new markets and upgrade facilities

Vodafone UK and Virgin Media O2 have extended their network sharing agreement for more than 10 years

Jason Allford from the start of this week has taken on the role of World Bank Group special representative for the Republic of Korea

CVC’s much-anticipated €1 billion acquisition of DIF Capital Partners and the final 20% stake in Glendower Capital has closed, having pushed into Q3

French development bank Proparco has promoted Ali-Wafa Merchich to senior investment officer dedicated to private equity for the North Africa region

A KKR-led consortium has completed the €22 billion acquisition of TIM’s Italian fixed network. The telco is transferring the asset to FiberCop to facilitate the exit

Texas Municipal Retirement System has finalised a $150 million commitment to an SDC Capital Partners digital infrastructure vehicle

Swiss Finance & Property Group has made 3 secondary investments in infrastructure assets spanning the renewables, telecoms and transport industries.

The Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets has committed $15 million to an Ashmore-managed infrastructure fund focusing on Latin America

Nokia has reached an agreement to acquire California-based Infinera, a global supplier of open optical networking solutions, for $2.3 billion

Vasilis Theofanopoulos has today started a new position as chief investment officer at Greece’s Growthfund

Apollo has raised around $1.3 billion for its third infrastructure fund, SEC filings show

Cordiant Digital has refinanced its €200 million Eurobond facility alongside the repayment of a €30 million vendor loan

French manager Antin Infrastructure Partners has raised €9.69 billion for its fifth flagship fund, according to SEC filings

Microsoft has bought a 48-acre land parcel in Leeds, Yorkshire for £106.6 million from real estate business Harworth Group