Sam Darwish

Sam Darwish is a co-founder and serves as the Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer of IHS Towers, as well as a Director of IHS Towers.
Mr. Darwish has over 25 years’ experience in the telecommunications industry.
Before founding the Company, he served as the Deputy Managing Director of CELIA Motophone Ltd, Nigeria’s first Global System for Mobiles (GSM) operator.
Prior to that, Mr. Darwish was Vice Chairman and Director of Projects at Lintel, an international GSM operator, responsible for global project implementation in West Africa and the Middle East.
Mr. Darwish also served as Network Manager for Libancell SAL, a Lebanese GSM operator, which is currently known as Touch.
In addition, Mr. Darwish has created several businesses and investment firms.
In this regard, he currently serves as the Founder and Principal of Singularity Investments, a private investment firm with a focus on technology, media and telecommunications companies with investments in the United States and the emerging markets.
He is also the Founder and President of DAR Properties, a property investment company, and DAR Telecoms, a telecommunications consulting company.