The Third Annual TMT Finance and Investment Africa conference returns to London, in the United Kingdom, on June 7, 2012, to address the new challenges for telecom and finance leadership to maintain growth through broadband investment across Africa
The African telecom sector has grown impressively over the past decade, adding 616 million mobile subscribers. However, growth rates are coming under pressure and new investment into broadband infrastructure is critical to sustain momentum and investor confidence.
TMT Finance & Investment Africa brings Africa’s telecom leadership, stakeholders, investors and advisers together with the finance community to debate opportunities and business models.
The conference, which is part of a series for financing emerging markets telecom growth, will review the latest opportunities in mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financing, next generation infrastructure investment, towers sales and leaseback, mobile licence opportunities, broadband investment and regulation.
“Africa's telecoms sector has experienced fantastic growth over the past decade, but there are significant challenges ahead which must be met to maintain momentum,” said Dominic Lowndes, managing director of TMT Ventures, the event researchers and publishers of TMT Finance News.
“Pricing pressure, regulatory risk and new infrastructure roll out challenges must be tackled by all parties to ensure further sustained investment in new networks, technology and applications.
Lately there has renewed signs of merger and acquisition activity across the region drivenby consolidation and restructuring, which should facilitate more growth.”
In what will be a powerful mix of presentations and interactive debate, event highlights will include keynotes by leading Telecom and Technology CEOs and CFOs, and expert panel sessions on M&A, financing and infrastructure investment for Africa.
