South Africa-based Vodacom Group has been expanding its infrastructure assets and operations in recent years and is now seeking investment partners, potentially a hyperscaler, for its plans to create an “Africa Fiberco”. The operator group says a key priority in its current fiscal year, to March 2023, is to “explore funding options for fiber across our international markets”. This is part of a broader rethink of its wireless and wireline infrastructure assets under its strategic plan, entitled Vodacom Vision 2025, which was unveiled last year. Vodacom said it would explore partnership and coinvestment models with “global technology companies and developmental finance institutions”, and indicated it could build on the existing ties between its parent Vodafone and Facebook – the…