v3.24.0.1
Finance Costs (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Finance costs.  
Schedule of finance costs

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2023

    

2022

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2021

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$’000

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$'000

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$'000

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Interest expenses - third party loans

 

362,381

 

256,208

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174,876

Interest expenses - withholding tax paid on bond interest

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13,439

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12,197

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4,404

Unwinding of discount on decommissioning liability

 

9,156

 

7,084

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4,644

Interest and finance charges paid/payable for lease liabilities

 

61,617

 

52,234

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32,826

Net foreign exchange loss arising from financing - unrealized

 

1,713,242

 

157,836

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126,131

Net foreign exchange loss arising from financing - realized

 

162,944

 

206,329

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43,422

Fair value loss on embedded options and interest rate caps

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3,760

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159,889

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Costs paid on early loan and bond settlement

 

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18,171

Fees on loans and financial derivatives

 

17,821

 

18,673

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13,663

Net foreign exchange loss on derivative instruments - unrealized

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92,151

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1,599

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3,897

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2,436,511

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872,049

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422,034

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*Re-presented to reflect the remeasurement period adjustments, as required by IFRS 3, in respect of updates to the accounting for the MTN SA Acquisition in May 2022.