About Us

Africa Mobile Networks (AMN) is a group of companies organised with its corporate head office in the UK and subsidiary operating companies in several sub-Saharan African countries. Africa Mobile Networks Ltd is a UK-registered company (registration number 08531564) with 100% ownership and control of each of the local operating companies (OpCos).

The AMN parent company is responsible for the overall management of the Group. It is responsible for identifying and developing the opportunities in each individual country, preparing business plans, engaging with customers (the licensed mobile network Operators) and subcontractors, raising funding for the network build, set up of the local operating company and appointment of key management and technical staff, centralised procurement/logistics management and on-going management of the business. The head office is responsible for managing the technology and maintaining latest design documentation and bill of materials. The head office also houses the GNOC (Global Network Operations Centre) and the Network Planning teams which support the AMN OpCos across the African continent.

The AMN operating companies are responsible for execution of the country business plan, managing the contracts with customers and suppliers, project management and the operation and maintenance (O&M) of the network. All of AMN's revenue is generated in Africa and the vast majority of AMN's employees are African and based in Africa. AMN employs no expats and all positions, from Country Managers to maintenance engineers to admin staff, are held by local nationals.

AMN has a strong management team and independent supervisory board of directors. AMN is privately owned with 18 different shareholders, comprising the founders, angel investors, a VC fund and one strategic investor. AMN's employees collectively hold options representing nearly 20% ownership of the Company.

Mission and Vision

The mission of AMN is to build mobile network base stations serving rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa which have no existing service, providing existing licensed mobile network operators with a capex-free route to add new subscribers and new revenues and with incremental costs which deliver guaranteed operating profits - and with sufficient population to deliver positive operating profits and cash flows for our shareholders.

The vision of AMN is a fully connected Africa, with no community of any significant size being without basic telecommunications services to deliver social, economic, educational and other benefits to the population - achieved through the construction of many tens of thousands of new mobile network base stations.

AMN Values and Code of Conduct

AMN is a commercial company with a primary responsibility to deliver value to its shareholders. At the same time, AMN is proud to do so through business activities which have a significant positive social and economic impact on the communities we serve.

AMN has set out five core principles which guide our decision-making processes in everything we do. AMN aims to conduct itself with all parties and at all times:

  • With integrity - being honest with all parties at all times, and having strong moral principles
  • Ethically - following the generally accepted principles of what is right and what is wrong
  • Fairly - being just and even-handed in our approach with all parties
  • Trusted - being relied upon to do what we say and in the right way
  • Legally - abiding by all the laws of the countries in which we operate and all those with which ourselves, our suppliers and our customers are affiliated

AMN has a code of conduct which aims to apply our five core values to all of our activities, and to ensure benefit to all the following stakeholders:

  • Our customers, the mobile operators
  • Our service users, the customer's subscribers
  • Our shareholders, that have invested their money and trust in our business
  • Our employees, in each country and in whatever role they perform, regardless of colour, religion, gender or ability

Our suppliers, that allow us to deliver our services

Michael Darcy

Chief Executive Officer

Michael Darcy B.Eng MBA CEng MIET has more than 30 years’ experience in mobile and satellite communications. With a background in digital signal processing and digital beam-forming, Mike has been connecting the unconnected in Africa for more than 20 years, starting in the 1990s with the design of new digital satellite payloads to deliver GSM and GPRS over satellites to Africa, deployed for Inmarsat, Thuraya and others. Later he served as General Manager of the European business of Hughes, before forming AMN in 2013.

Michael Darcy

James Lunn

Chief Operating Officer

Jim has a First-class Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and more than 25 years' experience in the design and delivery of satellite communication systems. Jim and Mike Darcy have worked together in 4 different companies over nearly 30 years with a shared vision to bring communications to the world's most remote places. After 20 years as a VP with Hughes, Jim joined AMN in 2017 to manage all aspects of AMN's operations, taking over from Terry Reynolds on his retirement and who remains a Director.

Jim Lunn

William Kane

Chief Financial Officer

William Kane is a UK Chartered Accountant, with 20-years’ experience at senior and board-level Finance Director level, including Group Finance Director at Wall Family Europe Ltd and as Finance Director and Company Secretary at Demco Europe Ltd. Will joined AMN in 2016 as CFO.

William Kane

Jules Degila

Chief Commercial Officer

Dr. Jules Degila has more than 20 years’ experience in IT, network and GSM, including 5 years as Assistant Director, Telecommunications Applications and Technologies for Cogeco Cable Inc. (Canada). Jules worked with Mike and Emmanuel since 2011, where they build mobile network base stations in rural Ghana, and Jules joined AMN soon after its formation in 2013. Jules is responsible for all commercial activities of AMN, including the sign-up of new Operators as well as revenue assurance in the existing network. Jules is a main-board Director of AMN.

Jules Degila

Harvind Samra

Chief Architect

Harvind Samra has an extensive background in signal processing, radio modem design, and software development. He co-founded Range Networks, which developed and deployed software-defined mobile radio networks for rural and private installations and was acquired by AMN in 2020. He was previously a partner at Kestrel Signal Processing and a senior engineer at Rosum and Rockwell Collins. Harvind holds MS (Georgia Institute of Technology) and PhD (UC Davis) degrees in Electrical Engineering.

Harvind Samra

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