African MNOs are making network sharing agreements with the proposed goal of lowering costs and boosting rural connectivity. These moves certainly save costs for operators, but will the cash saved be reinvested elsewhere in the network? In the case of Vodacom, sharing agreements are happening in countries that receive low capex spending, while others, such as South Africa, attract growing capex investment. In this light, network sharing is the choice to further reduce costs, rather than propel further investment, despite claims by the operators that the moves will improve digital inclusion. Airtel Africa and Vodacom Group, two of the largest operators on the continent, have signed an infrastructure sharing agreement covering their networks in Mozambique, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic…