Bond issue: London-based Fried Frank and Latham & Watkins advise Liquid Telecom
J.P. Morgan, Standard Bank and Standard Chartered renew their mandate as new joint runners.
24/02/2021 at 13h36, by Aurelie Benoit
In a competitive African telecom sector where infrastructure is still lacking, the chairman of Econet—Liquid Telecom‘s parent company—Strive Masiyiwa has understood the importance of financing. He launched a $600 million bond issue on 22 February to prove his point.
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