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Afghan TowerCo

US$65MM Debt Raise for Greater Access to the Afghanistan's Cellular Network System

Delphos Financial Advisor Afghan TowerCo
Delphos Financial Advisor Afghan TowerCo

Delphos assisted in the debt raise for a strategic joint-venture between the country’s leading mobile operators. The joint-venture was created as a dedicated tower company (Roshan) that owns and operates their approximately 1,800 towers at the time to reduce their combined operating costs.

As a social enterprise, the company’s vision is “to be the benchmark emerging market telecommunications company that focuses on customers, stakeholders, and employees, providing quality and value in an ethical manner”.

Afghanistan, Telecom, Towers, Asia, Capital Raising, 2012, SDG

Sector

Telecom

Amount Raised

US$65,000,000

Deal Type

Capital Raising

Unique Challenge

Development of the mobile telecommunications industry in a difficult political and economic environment

Sub-sector

Towers

Year

2012

Type of Financing

Debt

Deal Impact in Numbers

Cellular service access to at least 80% of the Afghan population

Lender

IFC

SDGs

SDG 9 Reduce inequality within and among countries

Borrower

Roshan (Telecom Development Company Afghanistan)

Deal Impact in Lives

Provide the Afghan population with access to mobile telephony

Location

Afghanistan

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