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MTN Uganda raises $114m to ramp up its infrastructure

Milcah Lukhanyu by Milcah Lukhanyu
5 years ago
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MTN Uganda has announced the successful closure of a USD114 million syndicated credit facility which will be used towards the development of telecommunication infrastructure.

This is the second substantial credit facility of this nature that MTN Uganda has secured in the past seven years and one of the largest private sector debt raise in the recent past.
Stanbic Bank Uganda acted as Global Co-ordinator, arranging the syndication between themselves and three other international banks with significant local presence; Citi Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and Barclays Bank.

The credit facility consisted of a dual-currency Medium Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facility, raised in both local currency (Uganda shilling equivalent of USD74m) and foreign currency (USD40m).

Due to extensive appetite from the commercial banks participating, the syndication was oversubscribed by 1.2 times and financial closure was attained only 3 months after launching, in spite of lacklustre market conditions and limited Uganda shilling liquidity.

Announcing the transaction in Kampala this morning, MTN Uganda Chief Executive,

Brian Gouldie, said the facility, was, “a measure of the MTN Group’s commitment to Uganda.”

“By end of last year, MTN Uganda had repaid all the loans arranged under the 2009 syndication, and we were completely debt free. This placed us in an ideal position to fund our continued aggressive network roll-out of high speed data capacity across Uganda. Subscribers have noticed intensive competition in the industry and are demanding for both quality voice and data products,” Gouldie said.

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“Our subscribers have discovered that they can enjoy both values for money, while experiencing MTN Uganda’s quality of service. In order to ensure that we offer enhanced quality, we are continuously building our network capacity in line with our optimistic forecasts of demand as we also guard our market share from impending competition,” Gouldie added.

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MTN Uganda has also invested in acquiring a permanent home by purchasing the former BAT offices on Jinja Road as the new headquarters. The company’s capital investment for 2016 is planned at UGX 283.3 billion. In 2017 the company plans to invest USD79.9 million UGX 299 billion.

According to Gouldie, the credit facility is an indication of the confidence that banks have in MTN Uganda and also reflects the confidence that the financial sector has in the Ugandan economy and the prospects of the Ugandan telecommunication sector.

Patrick Mweheire, Stanbic Bank’s Chief Executive said, “The successful and expeditious execution of a five year, multi-currency, USD114m syndicated credit facility is a testament to the market’s confidence in MTN Uganda’s plans to improve the country’s telecommunications industry.”

This is the second time MTN Uganda is securing a syndicated loan to finance its development plans.

In 2009 MTN secured a $100 million facility that was arranged by Absa Capital, the investment banking division of Absa Bank Limited as sole Global-Coordinator, together with Barclays Bank of Uganda Limited, KCB Bank Uganda Limited, Standard Chartered Bank Uganda Limited and Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited as Mandated Lead Arrangers.

 

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