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- 10 Sept 2024
Airtel Africa Foundation Unveils ‘Airtel Africa Fellowship Program’ to Empower Students at IIT Madras Zanzibar
The Airtel Africa Foundation has announced the launch of the prestigious ‘Airtel Africa Fellowship Program’ for the undergraduate students at IIT Madras Zanzibar, the first-ever foreign campus…
- 14 Feb 2020
Airtel Nigeria, East Africa Boost Airtel Africa Earning
Pan-African telecommunications company, Airtel Africa has reported a 9.9% increase in its revenue to US$2, 522-million for the nine-month period ended 31 December 2019, coming off the back of strong…
- 5 Dec 2023
Airtel Africa Unveils Nxtra by Airtel to Accelerate Africa’s Digital Transition
Airtel Africa has launched Nxtra by Airtel (“Nxtra”), a new data centre business founded on a commitment to meet the continent’s growing needs for trusted, and sustainable data centre capacity and to…
- 11 Aug 2025
Airtel Money Africa Partners pawaPay for Seamless International Remittances Across Africa
Airtel Money Africa, Airtel Africa’s mobile money arm, announced an extended partnership with Africa’s largest mobile money payment service provider (PSP) pawaPay to enable seamless cross-border…
- 24 Jun 2026
Airtel Africa Foundation Launches Airtel Green Schools to Promote Sustainability Education in Nigeria
Airtel Africa Foundation, through Airtel Nigeria, has launched the Airtel Green Schools initiative, a sustainability-focused programme designed to create environmental learning spaces in primary and…
- 19 Mar 2021
The Rise Fund to Invest $200m in Airtel Africa’s Mobile Money Business
Airtel Africa has announced the signing of an agreement under which The Rise Fund, the global impact investing platform of leading alternative investment firm TPG, will invest $200 million in Airtel…
- Telecom17 Aug 2026
Airtel Africa Emerges First Operator in Africa to Commercially Launch Starlink Mobile
Airtel Africa and Starlink have launched satellite-to-mobile service in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), marking the first commercial deployment in Africa. The service enables Airtel customers with compatible smartphones to access connectivity in non-terrestrial areas wherever they can see the sky.
- 8 Mar 2026
First Batch of Nigerian Undergraduates Emerged in Airtel Africa Foundation Scholarships Programme
Airtel Africa Foundation has inducted the first Nigerian cohort of the Airtel Africa Tech Fellowship that offers fully paid scholarships for students pursuing undergraduate courses in science,…
- 12 Mar 2024
Airtel Africa Commences Construction of Nxtra, Airtel’s First Data Centre in Nigeria
Airtel Africa, provider of telecommunications and mobile money services with a presence in 14 countries across Africa, has officially broken ground on its first data centre in Lagos, Nigeria. Nxtra…
- 23 Sept 2025
Airtel Africa Foundation Commits to Improving 10 million Lives in Africa by 2030
Airtel Africa Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Airtel Africa plc, yesterday unveiled its plans to directly improve the lives of 10 million people across the continent by 2030. The strategy will…
- 29 Apr 2021
Airtel Africa Appoints Olusegun Ogunsanya as CEO
Airtel Africa plc, telecommunications and mobile money services provider, with a presence in 14 countries across Africa, announces Olusegun “Segun” Ogunsanya, Managing Director and CEO Nigeria is to…
- 3 Sept 2020
Airtel Africa Partners MoneyGram for Quick Money Access Across Africa
Airtel Africa’s partnership with MoneyGram, announced on August 21st, is supposed to provide millions of users across the continent with a quick way to receive money. Airtel Africa is well known as a…
- 21 Dec 2023
Airtel Africa Registers its 150 Millionth Customer
Airtel Africa has registered its 150 millionth customer. Airtel Africa is very proud to give millions of people access to reliable and high-quality digital and mobile money services, often for the…
- 11 Jun 2026
Airtel Africa Foundation Publishes Inaugural Annual Report
Airtel Africa Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Airtel Africa plc, has released its inaugural annual report, marking its first full year of delivery and impacting millions of learners and…
- 2 May 2023
Airtel Africa, UNICEF Reaffirm Commitment to Accelerate Access to Quality Education Across Africa
Segun Ogunsanya, Group CEO of Airtel Africa, has reaffirmed the joint commitment by Airtel Africa and UNICEF to accelerate access to quality education to millions of children in Africa, through…
- 10 Jun 2024
Airtel Africa Targets to Reduce Emissions Intensity by 62% in its Sustainability Report 2024
Airtel Africa, a provider of telecommunications and mobile money services in 14 countries across Africa, has published its 2024 Sustainability Report. The report highlights Airtel Africa’s progress…
- 2 Jan 2024
Airtel Africa Plc CEO to Retire, Successor Named
Airtel Africa plc has announced the retirement of the Chief Executive Officer, Olusegun “Segun” Ogunsanya, with effect from 1 July, 2024. Mr. Ogunsanya, who joined Airtel in 2012, ran the Nigeria…
- 21 Oct 2025
Airtel Africa Pushes for Collaboration in Building Africa’s Digital Future
Airtel Africa, a provider of telecommunications and mobile money services across 14 African countries, has highlighted industry partnerships, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data centres as critical…
- 9 Feb 2024
Airtel Africa Establishes a Fibre Asset Network
Airtel Africa has entered the intense fight for the continent's fibre market by establishing Airtel Africa Telesonic Limited to manage its fibre assets. This week, the company unveiled Telesonic, a…
- 2 Dec 2021
Airtel Africa Completes Minority Shareholding Buyback of Airtel Nigeria @N61Bn
Airtel Africa consummated a buyback of minority shareholding of its Nigerian unit, the wireless and mobile money operator said Thursday. The further purchase of 8.22 per cent stake in Airtel Nigeria…
- 26 Feb 2014
Airtel Africa Appoints RAMP as Mobile Advertising Partner
Airtel Africa has appointed RAMP (Real African Media Partners) as its mobile advertising partner to serve mobile adverts to Airtel customers in 17 countries across Africa. André Beyers, Airtel…
- 12 Oct 2022
Airtel Africa Partners American Towers Corporation to Expand Green Network
Airtel Africa and American Tower Corporation (ATC) have entered into a multi-year partnership that will enable Airtel, via ATC’s Africa operation, to utilise communication sites to support its…
- 20 Jul 2020
Airtel Africa, WorldRemit Offer Instant Money Transfers across Africa
Airtel Africa, a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services in 14 countries across sub-Saharan Africa, is scaling up its operations with WorldRemit, the global digital money…
- 14 Nov 2014
Airtel Africa Wins Double Awards At AfricaCom
Bharti Airtel Africa, a leading telecommunications service provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, reinforced its continued contribution to the pan-African telecoms landscape…
- 4 May 2023
Airtel Africa Appoints Carl Cruz Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Nigeria
Airtel Africa, a provider of telecommunications and mobile money services, with a presence in 14 countries across Africa, has announced the appointment of Carl Cruz as Managing Director and Chief…
- 2 Jun 2026
Airtel Africa Records Strong Market Gains, Strengthening Investor Trust
Airtel Africa has emerged as the standout large-cap performer on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX), recording a 10 per cent gain in a single trading week and reinforcing its position as one of Africa’s…
- 8 Oct 2019
Airtel Africa, Mastercard Partner for Digital Payments
Airtel Africa has announced a partnership with Mastercard, giving over 100 million Airtel Africa mobile phone users across 14 African countries access to Mastercard’s global network. The…
- 6 Jul 2026
Airtel Africa Cuts Diesel Dependence by 9.1m Litres
Airtel Africa, a telecommunications and mobile money services provider across 14 African countries, saved 9.1 million litres of diesel during its just ended 2025/2026 financial year, as part of…
- 29 Jun 2010
Airtel, Ogilvy Africa BV Ink Partnership Deal for Africa
Bharti Airtel Limited, new owners of Zain Group has inked marketing services partnership agreement with Ogilvy Africa BV , that will see the latter providing integrated marketing solutions for Airtel…
- 6 Nov 2022
Airtel Africa, New World TV Bring FIFA World Cup to Africa
Airtel Africa and New World TV today inParis, France, announced a landmark partnership, in which Airtel TV subscribers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Congo Brazzaville, Gabon, Chad,…