India’s second-largest tower company, Indus Towers, is expanding its operations into Africa, following in the footprint of its major shareholder Bharti Airtel. Indus may ruffle some feathers in its new markets, particularly with its strong objective to expand the Make in India principle in Africa. Indus said last week that it plans to expand into “select international markets.” It is following the regions where its largest shareholder, Bharti Airtel, has subsidiaries via its Airtel Africa unit, which operates in 14 countries on the continent. “These markets offer attractive prospects for revenue diversification, operational scalability, and long-term value creation,” Indus said in a statement. Indus built its own network of passive infrastructure in India at a fierce rate, and plans to…