Linklaters appoints Amit Singh as India head

Linklaters yesterday announced the appointment of Singapore-based partner Amit Singh as the head of its India Group, replacing Narayan Iyer in the new role

Chopra to head SMBC's India coverage team

SMBC today announced the appointment of Sandeep Chopra as head of corporate coverage in India

Denmark's IFU appoint Lars Bo Bertram as CEO

Denmark’s Investment Fund for Developing Countries has appointed Lars Bo Bertram as chief executive, effective 1 June 2024

CTI Towers acquires 525 wireless towers from Conterra Net...

CTI Towers has acquired the rights to 525 wireless towers from Conterra Networks, an independent fibre bandwidth provider

InfraBridge appoints senior advisers

Simon Ellis and Justin Symonds have been appointed as senior advisers at InfraBridge, a division of international infrastructure equity business DigitalBridge

Fengate acquires telecoms towers from TowerCom

Fengate Asset Management has reached financial close on a portfolio of wireless communications towers across the US from TowerCom

SoftBank Corp acquires 51% stake in Cubic Telecom

Softbank Corp, the Tokyo-based telecoms and IT operator, has acquired a 51% stake in Cubic Telecom, a leader in software-defined connected vehicle solutions, for $476 million

More lenders join Indonesian data centres financing

More lenders have joined the secondary market for the EQT Infrastructure-backed data centre firm EdgeConneX’s recent senior loan financing for Indonesian data centres, IJGlobal has learned

BlackRock firms $2bn partnership with UAE-backed fund

BlackRock and recently launched investment fund ALTÉRRA have agreed a partnership which will see the UAE-backed vehicle invest $2 billion in climate finance across BlackRock’s private debt and infrastructure equity strategies

BOAD, AFC ink MoU for west African investment

The West African Development Bank and Africa Finance Corporation have signed an MoU aimed at promoting infrastructure and economic investment across western Africa

Brookfield closes fifth infra equity fund at $30bn

Brookfield Asset Management has closed the fifth iteration of its flagship infrastructure equity fund at $30 billion, the largest fund ever raised by the firm

Tonaquint acquires EdgeX Data Centers, US

Tonaquint Data Centers, a DIF-backed company, has acquired Oklahoma-based EdgeX Data Centers in a bid to expand its presence throughout the south west US and West Mountain region

MoU signed on African East to West fibre project

Smart Africa Alliance, Africa50 and Bayobab – previously MTN GlobalConnect – have signed an MoU to support the fibre optic cable Project East to West

Spectrlite acquires Ncell from Axiata

Spectrlite has acquired Axiata’s 80% stake in Ncell Axiata holding company, Reynolds, for a fixed consideration of $50 million. The transaction marks the completion of Axiata’s plan to withdraw from Nepal, after concluding that the continuation of its operations in the country had become unsustainable

Shell divests European retail businesses to Octopus

Shell subsidiary Impello has closed the sale of Shell Energy Retail in the UK and Germany to Octopus Energy Group