IHS is Africa’s leading mobile infrastructure company. Founded in 2001 by an experienced team of engineers and business people, IHS serves clients responsibly in the building and managing of effective telecommunications infrastructure and by employing the highest quality people, services and equipment.
IHS has a 12 year track record owning and managing long term relationships with international telecom operators across Africa.
Our vision is to create a connected Africa where telecommunications promotes economic growth and social development.
Our mission is to be the leading provider of telecommunications infrastructure to mobile network operators in Africa enabling the widest, most efficient and reliable networks.
Tower Sharing
IHS is a leading independent owner and operator of telecommunication sites with a portfolio of over 22,000 sites, across 5 countries.
Underlining our expertise and capabilities in collocation, we constantly deliver strong technical and managed services capabilities including 99.9% network uptime reliability, the industry standard.
Trusted partner
We work closely with our tower sharing clients and aim to build long-term, mutually beneficial relationships. Many of our clients view us as their trusted partner to help them carry out their own strategic initiatives throughout Africa.
Many benefits
We look to help all our clients make the most of the many benefits of tower sharing – from reducing costs to improving customer service, from greener solutions to faster, more efficient and effective expansion of coverage. As part of this commitment, we provide three flexible options for our clients to benefit from tower sharing: Build-to-Suit (BTS), Buy-Lease-Back (BLB), and Manage with License to Lease (MLL). The emphasis is on allowing operators to capitalize on tower sharing in the most advantageous way possible.