Dark Fibre Africa (DFA), a provider of open-access fibre infrastructure, says it has been in exploratory discussions with the government of Zimbabwe regarding the deployment of fibre networks in the country.<\/p>\n
Bulawayo24.com<\/a> reported that DFA has committed $60 million (R710 million) to the country’s communication technology industry for the next five years, citing a social media post by a cabinet minister.<\/p>\n Minister of ICT, Postal & Cyber Security, Supa Mandiwanzira, said on Twitter: “Glad to have met officials of DFA Zimbabwe, a Remgro investment, who have committed USD60m investment in open access metro fibre networks in the next five years. USD9m will be spent in Harare this year. New investment.”<\/p>\n “As per the Zimbabwe based publication, DFA, a unit of Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed investment holding company Remgro Investment, confirms that the company has been in exploratory discussions with the government of Zimbabwe,” DFA told BusinessTech.<\/p>\n It stressed that in its normal course of business, it actively identifies and evaluates opportunities for growth and expansion into adjacent markets. \u201cWe have always managed requests of expansion in the best interests of the company while ensuring that we remain committed to our strategy and defined operating model,” said Thinus Mulder, CEO at DFA.<\/p>\n