Are there gaps in the African tower market for new entrants? Is the aggressive bidding of the ‘Big Four’ towercos pricing would-be competitors out of the market? Would new market entrants satisfy MNO’s criteria for towerco partners with “competence, experience and funding”? TowerXchange addresses these questions and talks to towercos who exemplify three categories of potential new market entrants – turnkey infrastructure providers moving up the value chain, niche market towercos, and international towercos diversifying their portfolio.
TowerXchange are tracking several potential new market entrant tower companies who maintain a watching brief, or who are actively bidding, on Africa’s telecom infrastructure assets.