Africa telecom and finance leaders meet in London as investment appetite increases

May 13, 2015 - PRLog -- London, May 13, 2015:  International investors are increasing their exposure to African telecom and tech companies as mobile, internet and IT services expand across the region according to TMT Finance Africa 2015 organisers.

Over 200 industry and finance executives, including a number of African telecom CEOs, private equity investors and leading international bankers and advisers, are meeting in London on June 23 for the annual TMT Finance & Investment Africa 2015 (http://www.tmtfinance.com/africa) conference.

“International capital investment into African telecoms and technology has been increasing rapidly over the past 18 months, and the range and quality of new opportunities is expanding,” said Dominic Lowndes, Managing Director, TMT Finance the event organiser and investment news provider. “We are seeing more involvement from blue chip private equity focusing on Africa. For instance, Carlyle, Helios, KKR and Abraaj have all launched Africa focused funds recently.”

“Private equity backing of mobile infrastructure, such as the new US$350 million fundraising for Eaton Towers, as well as broadband and datacentre connectivity providers is opening up a range of new opportunities in adjacent markets including content, mobile financial services and IT Services,” said Lowndes.

Companies announced as speaking at the conference this year include Etisalat, PCCW, Helios Investment Partners, Emerging Capital Partners, MainOne, WIOCC, Seacom, Wananchai Group, Citi IHS Africa, Eaton Towers, Barclays Capital, Accelero Capital, GSMA, Standard Bank, Rand Merchant Bank, Ecobank, Nedbank, Dentons, IFC the World Bank, Solon, Linkstone Capital, Ixcellerate, Natcom Nigeria, Credit Agricole, Palladium Partners and Xona Partners.

Key session themes for the event include:
- Africa Telecom Leadership – Who will lead the next wave of growth?
- TMT M&A - How will consolidation and convergence shape the African market?
- Broadband Leadership – Investing in next generation networks for Africa
- Raising Finance for Africa TMT – How to access debt and equity capital
- Private Equity Africa – How are opportunities and investments developing?
- Future of TMT – Who is leading Digital Africa?
- Investing in Innovation, Mobile Money, Datacentres and Cloud
- Frontier Markets and Emerging Risk
- Mobile Infrastructure Sharing and Regulation
- Media and Content and Investing in Nigeria

TMT Finance & Investment Africa (http://www.tmtfinance.com/africa) is a private executive event bringing together key telecom, media and technology industry decision makers, investors, financiers and advisers.

For more information, go to www.tmtfinance.com/africa