IHS Holding Ltd
Close on Oct 19, 2026
- Market cap
- –
- P/E (TTM)
- 20.1
- Dividend yield
- –
About IHS
Radiotelephone Communications, SIC 4812
IHS Holding Limited, commercially known as IHS Towers, owns, operates, and develops shared communications infrastructure. The company enables mobile connectivity by leasing space on physical towers to mobile network operators and other communications service providers through colocation and lease amendments, alongside constructing customized new sites. In addition, its offerings include in-building distributed antenna systems, third-party managed site services, and fiber infrastructure, such as fiber-to-the-tower and fiber-to-the-home solutions. Its business operations are organized into reportable segments covering Nigeria, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America.
As of December 31, 2025, the company managed a portfolio of 37,590 owned and operated towers supporting 54,874 tenants across seven emerging markets in two principal regions. Its network footprint spans five African nations—Nigeria, South Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, and Zambia—as well as Brazil and Colombia in Latin America. The enterprise maintains its principal executive offices in London, United Kingdom.
Summary of the business section of IHS's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- IHS Holding Ltd
- Founded
- 2012
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdom
- Address
- 1 Cathedral Piazza, 123 Victoria Street SW1E5BP
- Phone
- 44 20 8106 1600
- Website
- ihstowers.com
- Employees
- 2,762, Dec 31, 2025
- Industry
- Radiotelephone Communications
- Incorporated in
- O4
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, London, United Kingdom
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- IHS
- Exchange
- NYSE
- IPO date
- Oct 15, 2021
- Shares outstanding
- 336M, Dec 31, 2025
- Filer category
- Large accelerated filer
- SEC CIK
- 1876183
- CUSIP
- G4701H109
- ISIN
- USG4701H1098
- EIN
- 00-0000000
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Sam Darwish | Chairman and CEO, Director | 13,481,900 |
| Stephen J. Howden | EVP, Chief Financial Officer | 314,912 |
| Mohamad Darwish | EVP, IHS Nigeria CEO | 1,919,694 |
| Mustafa Tharoo | EVP, Group General Counsel | 778,874 |
| William Saad | See Remarks | 3,888,173 |
| Ayotade Oyinlola | See Remarks | 310,390 |
| Ursula M. Burns | Director | 37,112 |
| Aniko Szigetvari | Director | 37,112 |
| John Ellis Bush | Director | 118,556 |
| Bashir Ahmad El-Rufai | Director | 1,084,516 |
| Nicholas Land | Director | 37,112 |
| Maria Carolina Lacerda | Director | 37,112 |
| Phuthuma Nhleko | Director | 37,112 |
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“As of December 31, 2025, we had 2,762 employees.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2021 | IPO | Initial public offering priced (424B4 prospectus) |
| Oct 5, 2021 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |