Smile Telecoms Restructures Debt, Gets $51m Fund for Expansion

Smile Telecoms Holdings Ltd. a Pan-African telecommunications group with operations in Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo has announced that its RP (Restructuring Plan) has been approved and agreed with the lenders.

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This debt restructuring plan sees an injection in fresh money funding from Smile’s majority shareholder, the Al Nahla, and rescheduling on debt repayment until post-March 2022.

The fresh injection of $51m in funding for Operations will further enhance Smile’s position in its respective markets and energize Smile’s operations and support efforts towards achieving better performance.

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