Africa: Virural's "Upside-Down" Mvno Will Fill the Rural Gaps in Africa, Starting With Nigeria

19 February 2016
Balancing Act (London)
interview

London — Everyone knows that there's more voice and data business at the edge of the current coverage areas but no-one yet has either got the business model or the regulatory relationships right. ViRural is setting out to build 20,000 base stations in Nigeria to address just this need. Russell Southwood spoke to ViRural Group's CEO Paul Talley about how they will do it.

Talley comes from a finance background and spotted the rural communications opportunity whilst working in Africa:"I was working helping Governments raise capital to build infrastructure. I was struck by the lack of connectivity outside urban areas. I thought this looks like an interesting opportunity: telecoms to serve rural areas."

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