Africa telecoms financing event to focus on infrastructure investment and M&A strategies

The second annual TMT Finance and Investment Africa conference will discuss infrastructure investment and merger and acquisition strategies, bringing at the same time leading telecom executives, financiers and advisers to London at a critical time for Africa's communications industry. The event will take place on June 17 at America Square in the City of London.

The international 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, infrastructure investment, towers sales and leaseback, mobile licence opportunities, broadband investment and regulation.

What will be a powerful mix of presentations

In what will be a powerful mix of presentations and interactive debate, event highlights will include keynotes by leading Telecom and Research CEOs and CFOs, and expert panel sessions on M&A, and financing and infrastructure investment for Africa. The event will as well provide exceptional networking opportunities with industry peers from service providers, finance and investment institutions, law firms and professional intermediaries.

Last year's conference was exceptionally so then received and uncovered a number of new opportunities and transactions, also as facilitating knowledge exchange on new strategies. Participating companies included Vodafone, Helios Towers Ltd, American Tower Corporation, ZTE, JPMorgan, BNP Paribas, Bintel, Alcatel, Motorola, Fidelity Wireless, Ernst & Young, Anthem Corporate Finance, Nomura International, Standard Bank, Citi, Tata Communications, Fitch Ratings, Eaton Telecom, Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund, Nigeria Communications Commission, SNR Denton, Herbert Smith, Goldman Sachs, Onda Analytics, Alcazar Capital Ltd, Macquarie Capital Advisers Ltd, Barclays Capital, Access Partnership and Investec.

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