Pitch a Shared Infrastructure Model for Rural Last-Mile Connectivity in the Niger Delta

The Niger Delta has some of the most difficult terrain for telecoms infrastructure in West Africa. Swamps, creek systems, and seasonal flooding make tower construction expensive and maintenance unpredictable. The communities are often small in population but significant in economic activity, particularly around oil, fishing, and agriculture. As a result, major operators treat them as commercially unviable and do not invest. Shared infrastructure models, where multiple operators or ISPs co-use towers, fibre, or spectrum assets rather than each building their own, have worked in parts of East Africa and South Asia. In Nigeria, IHS Towers and ATC Nigeria already operate a passive sharing model in urban areas, but the economics have not been extended to remote Delta communities. A community-anchored or state-government-supported variation might change that calculus. Your task is to build a pitch deck (10 to 15 slides) for a shared infrastructure model targeting a specific cluster of communities in one Niger Delta state. The pitch should address: what infrastructure would be shared and by whom, the revenue model and cost-sharing arrangement, how the physical challenges of the terrain are handled, who the anchor stakeholders are (operator, state government, community trust, donor), and what the connectivity outcome looks like for residents within three years. Strong work will show that you have engaged with the real unit economics, not just cited that shared infrastructure is efficient. Name the communities. Acknowledge the political economy, including the role of community leaders and local government. Show a realistic path to a first pilot, not a fully scaled national solution.