IHS Towers are sponsoring TowerXchange Meetup Africa, taking place October 17-18 in Johannesburg. Find out more here.
In compiling our report of the top 20 towerco executives we have been honoured to speak with the greatest minds and up and coming stars of our sector, exploring not only their strategic visions for their own companies but also their views on the trajectory of the towerco industry as we emerge into a new normal.
TowerXchange: Can you please tell us about the career that led you to leading one of the world’s leading towercos and some of your biggest challenges and proudest achievements to date?
Sam Darwish, Chairman & CEO, IHS Towers:
I co-founded IHS Towers in Nigeria almost 22 years ago as a young engineer full of ambition. In 2001, Nigeria had a population of approximately 125 million people and its government was just privatising the telecommunications sector. Today, the country has around 220 million people, so it has added almost 100 million people since we founded the company!
We started as a small engineering company building sites for mobile network operators, before launching our managed services
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