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11 February 2021

Smile Telecoms: Lenders grimace as debt restructuring begins

In:
Telecoms and Communications
Region:
Middle East & Africa
Managing Editor
Smile Telecoms is looking to restructure its DFI/ECA-backed debt package from 2015. But the pan-Afircan telecoms group, which is no stranger to ECA debt, was struggling to service its payment obligations long before the pandemic hit.

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