TowerXchange an open community for thought leaders in the telecom infrastructure industry, which bring together MNOs, towercos, investors, equipment and service providers to share best practices in passive and active infrastructure management, opex reduction, and to accelerate infrastructure sharing has held it’s Africa summit In Nairobi after 11 Years absence.

With over 50% of Africa lacking mobile connectivity, towercos have a major role to play in plugging the continents infrastructure gap and accelerating Africa’s digital, social and economic development. Half of Africa’s towers remain under MNO ownership, so there is still plenty of opportunity for further acquisitions, carve-outs and consolidation.

Africa is a market of just as many challenges, and there are big questions around how towercos will tackle power, sustainability, increasing collocations, an emerging 5G rollout, rural coverage goals and tough macroeconomic conditions. What opportunities do towercos see in this challenging environment, and how can the latest innovations and solutions help drive the industry forward?

This is the background behind the 2 Day 2024 TowerXchange Meetup summit being Held in Nairobi. Speaking during at the summit the Chief Operating Officer of ACT Kenya Mr.Eric Maina said that there is much demand of Data in Africa particularly the demand of the faster 5-G Data due to the bulging of Middle class in Africa.

“The demographic change in Africa where there is a bulge of youthful population has given the impetus in installation of telecom infrastructure such as towercos across the continent” Said Mr Maina.
These sentiments were supported by Mr.Kunle Aluyemi Head of Sub Saharan Africa HIS Tower who called for acceleration of investments in Telcoms in Sub Saharan Africa.

Among notable Participants at the MeetUp 2024TowerXchange Summit is the Women led Kenyan Company TETRANET Ltd. which specializes on Telecommunications, ICT, Construction and Renewable Solution Provider in Africa Led by Violet Kalomba The Chief Executive, Vodacom DRC led by Mr Yannick Mvudi Head Energy, Baylis Emerging markets led by Franklin Amoo Managing Partner and CEO and Rebecca Lwetutte Head of Commercial ACT Uganda.