| Schedule of finance costs |
| | | | | | | | | 2023 | | 2022 | * | 2021 | | | $’000 | | $'000 | | $'000 | | | | | | | | Interest expenses - third party loans | | 362,381 | | 256,208 | | 174,876 | Interest expenses - withholding tax paid on bond interest | | 13,439 | | 12,197 | | 4,404 | Unwinding of discount on decommissioning liability | | 9,156 | | 7,084 | | 4,644 | Interest and finance charges paid/payable for lease liabilities | | 61,617 | | 52,234 | | 32,826 | Net foreign exchange loss arising from financing - unrealized | | 1,713,242 | | 157,836 | | 126,131 | Net foreign exchange loss arising from financing - realized | | 162,944 | | 206,329 | | 43,422 | Fair value loss on embedded options and interest rate caps | | 3,760 | | 159,889 | | — | Costs paid on early loan and bond settlement | | — | | — | | 18,171 | Fees on loans and financial derivatives | | 17,821 | | 18,673 | | 13,663 | Net foreign exchange loss on derivative instruments - unrealized | | 92,151 | | 1,599 | | 3,897 | | | 2,436,511 | | 872,049 | | 422,034 |
*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.
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