Digital & Telecoms

Financing the networks behind South Africa’s digital economy.

Fibre, data centres, towers and the power and security around them. Our directors have built and run these networks, and we structure the capital to build the next ones.

The opportunity

R140bn+

Between R140 billion and more than R200 billion is needed by 2035 for high-speed broadband and digital connectivity in South Africa.

Source: DBSA Digital Infrastructure Investment Study, 2025

The gap is not appetite for capital. It is a pipeline of technically viable, fundable projects.

That pipeline is what we build: disciplined packaging of digital infrastructure projects, from first screening to a funder-ready deal.

What we finance

Five areas that make digital infrastructure resilient.

Aerial view of a data centre campus with substation and solar array Secured telecoms site with mast and surveillance cameras at dusk

  • Connectivity & fibre

    Fibre-to-the-home and business, metro and long-haul fibre, towers and fixed wireless: the networks every digital service runs on.

  • Edge & micro data centres

    Feasibility, site selection, power integration and financing for low-latency infrastructure supporting 5G, AI, IoT and enterprise.

  • Energy for digital sites

    Renewable, hybrid and micro-grid power for data centres, towers and edge sites. Critical to uptime, bankability and ESG performance.

  • Security & surveillance

    Physical security, smart surveillance and critical infrastructure protection, increasingly enhanced by digital and AI capabilities.

  • Supporting value chains

    Logistics, civil works and the ancillary assets needed to build and run telecommunications and digital infrastructure.

Infrastructure realism, not modelling in isolation.

Why New Generation Capital

We have deployed and operated these networks. Our diligence starts on the ground.

Our directors bring decades in South African and African telecoms, and the New Generation Group operates in connectivity through CircleTel. That experience shapes how we screen, structure and monitor every digital project.

  • R1.2bn broadband build

    Our COO led the City of Johannesburg broadband project. Read the case study

  • Operator experience

    Vodacom (FTTX), MTN, Ericsson, Airtel Nigeria and Ceragon among our directors’ former roles.

  • Early risk visibility

    Deployment issues surface before they undermine the investment case.

  • Funder alignment

    Evidence is packaged the way capital providers decide, and monitored after funding.

How we work

From site to financial close, and beyond.

Every digital project runs through the same seven steps. Only credible, viable and deliverable deals pass our decision gate.

  1. 01

    Find

    Source clients who need funding for viable projects.

  2. 02

    Screen

    Assess credibility, scalability and business potential.

  3. 03

    Validate

    Establish commercial viability and the investment case.

  4. 04

    Package

    Structure a funder-ready deal and present it for funding.

  5. 05

    Fund

    The capital provider funds approved projects.

    Funder’s role
  6. 06

    Deliver

    Project-manage delivery through to profitable completion.

  7. 07

    Monitor

    Report progress, spend and risks to the funder every month, with early warnings.

Take the Telecoms Readiness Assessment

For project sponsors

Have a project that needs funding?

Tell us about it and share your documents. We will review it and come back to you with next steps.

Submit your project

For capital providers

Looking for pre-screened deal flow?

We extend your origination reach, check build costs and verify progress before each drawdown, so your capital stays protected.

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