Africa-Press – C\u00f4te d’Ivoire. <\/strong><\/span>Le 17 fe\u0301vrier, l\u2019ope\u0301rateur panafricain de te\u0301le\u0301communications, MTN, a annonce\u0301 la prise de contro\u0302le a\u0300 100 % du proprie\u0301taire, gestionnaire et constructeur de tours te\u0301le\u0301coms IHS Towers \u2013 apre\u0300s cession de ses actifs situe\u0301s sur le continent ame\u0301ricain \u2013, dans le cadre d\u2019une transaction estime\u0301e a\u0300 2,2 milliards de dollars via une offre de 8,50 dollars ame\u0301ricains par action.<\/p>\nSoumise a\u0300 de multiples approbations re\u0301glementaires, l\u2019ope\u0301ration, soutenue par ailleurs par la socie\u0301te\u0301 franc\u0327aise d\u2019investissement Wendel, actionnaire du groupe depuis 2013 a\u0300 hauteur de 19 %, valorise IHS Towers (29 000 tours en Afrique), a\u0300 6,2 milliards de dollars. L\u2019entreprise dirige\u0301e par Sam Darwish devra de ce fait retirer sa cotation a\u0300 la Bourse de New York (NYSE) laquelle avait e\u0301te\u0301 concre\u0301tise\u0301e en 2021 avec l\u2019ambition d\u2019atteindre une valorisation de 7 milliards de dollars, dette comprise. La transaction pourrait e\u0302tre finalise\u0301e en 2026.<\/p>\n
Nouvelle philosophie<\/b><\/p>\n
Pour l\u2019ope\u0301rateur MTN, c\u2019est un changement de philosophie qui s\u2019ope\u0300re. Actionnaire historique d\u2019IHS Towers a\u0300 hauteur de 24,7 %, le groupe dirige\u0301 par Ralph Mupita avait pre\u0301ce\u0301demment choisi d\u2019externaliser la gestion de ses tours en Afrique de l\u2019Ouest en les vendant a\u0300 IHS Towers dont il avait e\u0301galement acquis des parts. Suivant une tendance sectorielle, MTN avait juge\u0301 que ces infrastructures e\u0301taient \u00ab non essentielles \u00bb a\u0300 son de\u0301veloppement. Outre MTN, IHS Towers sert des clients comme Airtel ou Orange.<\/p>\n
A\u0300 l\u2019inverse, \u00ab l\u2019ope\u0301ration propose\u0301e, qui fait suite aux discussions du 5 fe\u0301vrier 2026, constitue une e\u0301tape importante pour de\u0301gager une valeur significative pour MTN ainsi que renforcer et re\u0301inte\u0301grer sa position dominante dans les infrastructures nume\u0301riques critiques en Afrique \u00bb, explique MTN dans un communique\u0301 publie\u0301 le 17 fe\u0301vrier.<\/p>\n
Selon le groupe, faire d\u2019IHS Towers, une filiale de MTN doit permettre d\u2019 \u00ab internaliser la marge actuellement verse\u0301e a\u0300 IHS \u00bb, de \u00ab be\u0301ne\u0301ficier des revenus supple\u0301mentaires actuels et futurs provenant de tiers \u00bb, \u00ab d\u2019ame\u0301liorer la pre\u0301visibilite\u0301 des cou\u0302ts et de libe\u0301rer une valeur significative a\u0300 long terme \u00bb.<\/p>\n
Cinquie\u0300me gestionnaire de tours dans le monde<\/b><\/p>\n
Pre\u0301sent en Co\u0302te d\u2019ivoire, au Nigeria, au Cameroun, au Rwanda, en Zambie et en Afrique du Sud, IHS Towers a subi en 2024, les secousses lie\u0301es a\u0300 la de\u0301valuation du naira. L\u2019entreprise qui revendique la place de cinquie\u0300me gestionnaire inde\u0301pendant de tours te\u0301le\u0301coms au monde \u2013 loin derrie\u0300re American Towers qui compte plus de 148 000 tours \u2013 affiche ainsi un chiffre d\u2019affaires d\u2019un peu plus de 1,7 milliard de dollars en 2024 en retrait de 19,5 % sur un an pour un Ebitda de 928 millions de dollars, en recul de 18 % sur un an.<\/p>\n
Pour le troisie\u0300me trimestre 2025, IHS Towers a enregistre\u0301 un chiffre d\u2019affaires en croissance de 8,7 % en glissement annuel a\u0300 455 millions de dollars pour un Ebitda en progression de 6,3 % sur la me\u0302me pe\u0301riode et une marge d\u2019Ebitda ajuste\u0301e a\u0300 57,5 %.<\/p>\n
Le rachat d\u2019IHS Towers par MTN intervient dans un contexte politico-e\u0301conomique qui promeut la souverainete\u0301 des infrastructures de re\u0301seaux et la poursuite des investissements dans ces derniers, notamment la fibre dans les foyers, devenue l\u2019un des relais les plus lucratifs de l\u2019industrie des te\u0301le\u0301coms en Afrique.<\/p>\n
Source: JeuneAfrique<\/b><\/p>\n
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