Airtel Africa and American Tower (ATC) have announced a multi-year strategic partnership that involves communication sites across Kenya, Niger, Nigeria and Uganda and prioritizes extending digital inclusion to underserved communities and advancing the pair’s green initiatives.
All new sites built under the agreement will comply with ATC Africa’s green site specifications, which ATC said will “substantially reduce reliance on fossil fuels” and help the tower company achieve its science-based targets (SBTs). Specific goals include increasing the number of its solar assist sites to 12,000 by 2025, reducing direct scope 1 and indirect scope 2 GHG emissions by at least 40% by 2035 and cutting indirect scope 3 supply chain emissions by at least 40%.
