Liquid Intelligent Technologies announces debt repayment and agrees new credit facilities
…strategic financial actions support growth ambitions across Africa
STAFF WRITER
Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies,has today confirmed the full repayment of its ZAR term loan and USD revolving credit facility.
In tandem with this repayment, Liquid has agreed $410 million in new ZAR and USD credit
facilities from a syndicate of commercial and development finance lenders. Cassava
Technologies is further reinforcing Liquid’s financial position by injecting $195 million in fresh
capital into the business.
Commenting on these developments, Hardy Pemhiwa, President and Group CEO stated: “These
transactions, alongside the recent sale of a minority stake in a data centre subsidiary in South
Africa, are part of a significant strengthening of our capital structure as we position the Group for
accelerated growth. Through our One Cassava ecosystem, we are delivering innovative AI, cloud,
data centre, payments, and low latency broadband connectivity solutions to enterprise
customers across Africa.”
Africa Data Centre Holdings (“ADCH”) remains a wholly owned subsidiary of Cassava
Technologies as the minority stake sale was in the ADCH South Africa business.
Looking ahead, Liquid intends to issue a new $300 million bond to replace its existing $620 million
bond in advance of its maturity in September 2026. This move will reduce Liquid’s overall leverage
and further strengthen the company’s balance sheet.
