Shared communications infrastructure giant, IHS Holding Limited, widely known as IHS Towers, has released its 2025 Sustainability Report, heavily anchoring its biggest social and environmental milestone achievements in Nigeria, reports ITREALMS.
Guided by a core vision to build a connected world where mobile connectivity accelerates economic growth, IHS Towers has continuously scaled up its regional investments, recording a substantial 21.4 per cent reduction in its Scope 1 and Scope 2 kilowatt-hour emissions intensity when compared against its 2021 baseline data.
Reflecting on these milestones, Sam Darwish, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IHS Towers, expressed pride in the company's community-focused initiatives across Africa and Latin America, underscoring that mobile connectivity acts as a powerful catalyst to unlock social value and expand access to education.
Darwish revealed that the group has invested a staggering $45 million globally into its host communities since 2017, with $8.2 million deployed during the 2025 fiscal year alone.
A significant chunk of this corporate capital was directed toward Nigeria, where IHS Towers significantly enhanced digital inclusion by successfully training more than 140,000 tech-enthusiastic students in critical digital skills through the federal government’s flagship 3 Million Technical Talent initiative.
On the environmental front within Nigeria, the infrastructure giant moved beyond its tower operations to heavily impact public health and green energy adoption.
The company entered into a strategic partnership with the Federal Capital Territory Administration to launch "Project Breathe Clean Air-Abuja," an intervention that provided clean cooking gas, liquefied petroleum gas cylinders, and modern cookers to 5,000 households to combat indoor air pollution.
Simultaneously, IHS Towers tackled community safety and alternative power by distributing and installing 700 units of solar-powered streetlights in various off-grid communities nationwide.
These domestic successes complement the company's broader international conservation efforts, which include commencing the planting of over 25,000 seedlings across nine hectares in Brazil’s Amazon region alongside the Institute of Conservation and Sustainable Development of the Amazon, and piloting a sustainable beekeeping and community empowerment program with ApiFusion at two rural tower sites.
The social metrics for the year also demonstrated steady progress in corporate equity and educational development, as female representation in the global workforce ticked up to 29 per cent from 27 per cent in the previous year.
While employees averaged 13 hours of professional training via the internal IHS Academy, the company safely maintained a record of zero work-related injuries or fatalities among its core staff.
Beyond the massive digital skills training footprint in Nigeria, the infrastructure operator expanded its educational reach across the continent by driving a literacy program that reached 100,000 children in Côte d’Ivoire, while equipping over 9,500 students with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics skills across a combined cluster of schools in Brazil, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zambia.
To ensure these far-reaching operations conform to strict global compliance, the group strengthened its internal controls and corporate governance mechanisms over the twelve-month period.
Notably, IHS South Africa achieved a top-tier Level 1 rating in its Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment audit, while the parent group proudly maintained its ISO 37001 Anti-Bribery Management System certification.
Demonstrating a rigorous commitment to ethical commerce, the company successfully pushed 98 per cent of its employees through annual anti-bribery and corruption training, up from 96 per cent in 2024.
This compliance culture was equally extended deep into its external logistics, with 7,861 supplier personnel fully completing specialized training on the corporate Supplier Code of Conduct, helping the infrastructure leader secure a competitive score of 37 out of 100 in the highly vetted 2025 S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment.
Chuks Egbune/Editor
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On the environmental front within Nigeria, the infrastructure giant moved beyond its tower operations to heavily impact public health and green energy adoption.
The company entered into a strategic partnership with the Federal Capital Territory Administration to launch "Project Breathe Clean Air-Abuja," an intervention that provided clean cooking gas, liquefied petroleum gas cylinders, and modern cookers to 5,000 households to combat indoor air pollution.
Simultaneously, IHS Towers tackled community safety and alternative power by distributing and installing 700 units of solar-powered streetlights in various off-grid communities nationwide.
These domestic successes complement the company's broader international conservation efforts, which include commencing the planting of over 25,000 seedlings across nine hectares in Brazil’s Amazon region alongside the Institute of Conservation and Sustainable Development of the Amazon, and piloting a sustainable beekeeping and community empowerment program with ApiFusion at two rural tower sites.
The social metrics for the year also demonstrated steady progress in corporate equity and educational development, as female representation in the global workforce ticked up to 29 per cent from 27 per cent in the previous year.
While employees averaged 13 hours of professional training via the internal IHS Academy, the company safely maintained a record of zero work-related injuries or fatalities among its core staff.
Beyond the massive digital skills training footprint in Nigeria, the infrastructure operator expanded its educational reach across the continent by driving a literacy program that reached 100,000 children in Côte d’Ivoire, while equipping over 9,500 students with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics skills across a combined cluster of schools in Brazil, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zambia.
To ensure these far-reaching operations conform to strict global compliance, the group strengthened its internal controls and corporate governance mechanisms over the twelve-month period.
Notably, IHS South Africa achieved a top-tier Level 1 rating in its Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment audit, while the parent group proudly maintained its ISO 37001 Anti-Bribery Management System certification.
Demonstrating a rigorous commitment to ethical commerce, the company successfully pushed 98 per cent of its employees through annual anti-bribery and corruption training, up from 96 per cent in 2024.
This compliance culture was equally extended deep into its external logistics, with 7,861 supplier personnel fully completing specialized training on the corporate Supplier Code of Conduct, helping the infrastructure leader secure a competitive score of 37 out of 100 in the highly vetted 2025 S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment.
Chuks Egbune/Editor
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