This week, the pan-African telecommunications service provider SEACOM, announced that it has concluded talks fallen Africell Uganda to acquire selected infrastructure. Africell recently existed Uganda’s telecom market on October 7th 2021. The company provides a full suite of flexible, scalable and high-quality communications and cloud solutions that enable the growth of the continent’s economy. For SEACOM, the acquisition is a huge testament to the company’s commitment to providing, competitive end-to-end connectivity and ICT solutions across the region.
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According CEO magazine, “East Africa has been an important market for SEACOM ever since we first arrived on the shores of Mombasa in 2009,” explained Tejpal Bedi, Managing Director and Regional Head of Sales for SEACOM ENEA. “By officially establishing ourselves in Uganda through proprietary facilities and resources, we are prioritising widespread connectivity and opening up opportunities to work with businesses in search of quality Internet services.”
Recently, SEACOM’s also recently acquired Kenyan service provider Hirani Telecom’s metro fibre network. SEACOM is poised to take over a comprehensive portfolio of infrastructure essential for connecting enterprise customers. This includes 760 kilometres of fibre within the Ugandan capital city of Kampala and surrounding towns, a 250 square metre data centre, and office space for SEACOM representatives and staff members.
“The acquisition goes hand in hand with our five-year strategy into expanding operations in the region,” Tej added. “As such, we are very excited about having a greater local presence.”
SEACOM has provided wholesale solutions to Uganda since its inception in 2009, and corporate solutions since 2018. The leading service provider enjoys a large footprint in Uganda’s financial services sector (FSI) and works with government and non-governmental organisations, including those in the education, technology and hospitality sectors.
The Africell acquisitions will allow for SEACOM’s further expansion into East Africa, adding it to the portifolio they have already established in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, with less reliance on last mile providers to deliver connectivity solutions – solutions.
