Welcome to African Cellular Towers Limited (ACTowers)

ACTOWERS was established in 1999 and listed on the Alternative Exchange (AltX) of the JSE Limited ( JSE) on 29 November 2006.

The ACTOWERS Group offers full turnkey solutions inclusive of tower design, manufacture and installation as well as GSM shelter manufacture. Our portfolio of products and services supports the telecommunications and power lines industries and the Group operates over most of the African continent.

ACTOWERS operates through the following divisions:

ACTOWERS, after an extensive search period, concluded a transaction with TisoGroup (Pty) Limited (TisoGroup), a BEE group, early in 2009. TisoGroup was established in 2001 and is one of South Africa’s leading black-controlled and managed principal investment companies. TisoGroup has a highly experienced senior executive team. It has primarily investments in the infrastructure, resources, industrial and financial services sectors. It further has strategic holdings in construction, steel merchanting, coal, industrial minerals, mining services, power and property development companies with significant shareholding in banking, logistics and specialty chemicals companies. Tiso Telecom (Pty) Limited (Tiso Telecom), a subsidiary of TisoGroup, became a 25,1% shareholder in ACTOWERS after an issue of shares for cash transaction effective 16 February 2009.

ACTOWERS manufactures structural steel components for cellular towers, transmission line towers, distribution line towers and electrical sub-stations using modern CNC technology.

ACTOWERS currently has 13 CNC machines. The Group also has a welding robot, a bending machine, a 250 ton hydraulic press, radial arm drill and a guillotine for processing special fittings for the power line towers. The Group supplied more than 7 000 telecommunication towers into Africa and has started to supply power line towers into the market.

ACTOWERS is able to manufacture 3-legged lattice towers up to 70 meter and 4-legged lattice towers up to 100 meter for both Base Transmittal Station (BTS) and Backbone Applications to the client’s specifications.

The envisaged galvanizing plant is in the process of being designed for construction on the new site approximately 28 kilometers from ACTOWERS’ current premises. The Environmental Impact Assessment process is currently being conducted. This galvanizing plant will be one of the most modern of its kind in the southern hemisphere.

ACTOWERS provides holistic logistic service solutions to its customers and prides itself in going the extra mile by delivering its products to the most remote regions.