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- 8 Dec 2025
Airtel Africa Foundation Celebrates International Volunteer Day, Honours Employee Volunteers
Airtel Africa Foundation, through Airtel Nigeria, has marked International Volunteer Day 2025 by celebrating the impact of the Employee Volunteer Programme (EVP), a flagship initiative by which…
- 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,…
- 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…
- 16 Jun 2026
Airtel Africa Foundation Completes Year One Scholarship Disbursement for 100 Tech Scholars in Nigeria
The Airtel Africa Foundation, through Airtel Nigeria, has completed the disbursement of first year funding to the first cohort of 100 beneficiaries under its flagship Airtel Africa Tech Fellowship…
- 31 Aug 2025
Airtel Africa Foundation Presents Nigerian Students with Tech Scholarships
In a bold step towards advancing access to education and youth empowerment in Nigeria and the rest of the continent, the Airtel Africa Foundation, through Airtel Nigeria, has announced that two…
- 5 Jul 2026
Airtel Africa Foundation Equips 200 Young Women with Digital Skills to Drive Nigeria's Tech Economy
Airtel Africa Foundation, through Airtel Nigeria and in partnership with the Ishk Tolaram Foundation, Co-Creation Hub (CcHub), and SAIL Innovation Lab, has commenced the DigiLeap Women in Tech…
- 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…
- 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…
- 27 Oct 2025
Airtel Africa Foundation Partners ITU, RISA & Cisco to Boost Digital Skills Development in Rwanda
Airtel Africa Foundation has partnered on a Joint Initiative with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Rwanda Information Society Authority (RISA) and Cisco on capacity and digital skills…
- 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…
- 23 Apr 2026
Airtel Africa Foundation Calls for Applications for "DigiLeap” Tech Training for Young Women
The Airtel Africa Foundation, through Airtel Nigeria, has officially opened the application portal for the DigiLeap Tech Drive, a core initiative in the Foundation’s digital inclusion agenda. The…
- 10 Dec 2025
Airtel Africa Foundation Opens Undergraduate Scholarship Portal in Nigeria
The Airtel Africa Foundation has opened applications for its Undergraduate Tech Scholarship in Nigeria, inviting first-year university students with strong academic potential to apply for financial…
- 8 Oct 2025
Airtel Africa Foundation Launches 100 Tech Scholarships for Nigerian Undergraduates
Following the recent announcement by its Chairman, Dr. Segun Ogunsanya, at a World Press Conference held in Lagos recently, the Airtel Africa Foundation, through Airtel Nigeria, has kicked off its…
- 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…
- 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…
- 26 Mar 2025
FG Receives N1Bn Grant from Airtel Africa to Boost 3MTT Programme
Federal government of Nigeria has said that it has received a N1 billion grant from Airtel Africa Foundation to boost its 3 million Technical Talent initiative (3MTT). Championed by Dr. Bosun Tijani,…
- 4 Jun 2024
Segun Ogunsanya, Airtel Africa CEO, Honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award in Africa Business Leadership Awards (ABLA)
Segun Ogunsanya, outgoing CEO of Airtel Africa, has been named winner of the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award in the 14th African Business Leadership Awards (ABLA) 2024. The awards are a…
- 10 Jul 2026
Airtel Africa to Connect 5,000 Schools to Free Internet by 2027
Airtel Africa’s CEO, Sunil Taldar, has announced the telco’s commitment to connecting 5,000 schools across its operating countries in Africa to the internet by 2027 through its philanthropic arm,…
- 28 Oct 2021
Airtel Africa Launches its Long-term Sustainability Strategy, Building on its Corporate Purpose to Transform Lives
Airtel Africa, a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services, with a presence in 14 countries across Africa, has launched a comprehensive sustainability strategy which sets out…
- 24 Oct 2013
Airtel, Wikimedia Foundation Partner Offer Subscribers Free Access to Wikipedia
Airtel, and the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates Wikipedia, on Thursday announced a strategic partnership to provide Airtel’s customers access to the knowledge and information…
- 27 May 2014
Airtel Africa Tips Youth Development Key to Unlock Continent’s Growth Potential
Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, on Monday reiterated its commitment to further support human capital in…
- 25 Sept 2012
Airtel, Nokia, Pearson Foundation Train Lagos Teachers on E-Learning
Airtel Nigeria, telecommunications services provider has joined hands with Nokia, world’s leading phone manufacturer and Pearson Foundation to train select primary school teachers in Lagos State on…
- 16 Jul 2026
Airtel Delivers Free Employability Training to Young Nigerians @ World Youth Skills Day
Airtel Africa Foundation, through Airtel Nigeria, has reaffirmed its commitment to developing Nigeria's future workforce with a high-impact virtual masterclass designed to equip young people with the…
- 8 Dec 2013
Airtel Honoured at CommsMEA Awards 2013
Bharti Airtel, a leading telecommunications service provider with operations in 20 countries across South Asia and Africa, was recognized as the African Operator of the Year at the CommsMEA Awards…
- 3 Dec 2025
Airtel Nigeria Wins Best in Technology for Development @ 2025 SERAS Awards
Telecommunications service provider, Airtel Nigeria, has been honoured with the Best in Technology for Development award at the 2025 edition of the Sustainability, Enterprise and Responsibility…
- 20 Oct 2025
Farewell for Airtel CCO Femi Oshinlaja, Celebrates a Distinguished Career and Remarkable Growth
Colleagues across Airtel Nigeria came together to host a heartfelt send-off celebration in honour of Femi Oshinlaja, who recently concluded his tenure as Chief Commercial Officer. The event was held…
- 25 Mar 2014
Ray Parlour Extols Airtel’s on Youth, Sports Development
Ray Parlour, Arsenal FC legend and ex-England international, has commended Airtel Nigeria, for its significant contribution to youths and sport development in Africa through the Airtel Rising Star…
- 6 May 2026
GSMA Africa Policy Group Chair Calls for Urgent Tax Reforms to Accelerate Digital Inclusion
Mr. Daddy Mukadi, the Chief Regulatory Officer of Airtel Africa and Chair of GSMA Africa’s Policy Group, has called on African governments to recognise telecommunications as a core economic pillar…
- 17 May 2022
SABRE EMEA: Africa PR & Comms Report Committee Hails BlackHouse Media, BCW, Clockwork, Edelman and Razor on Excellent Achievement
The coordinating committee of the Africa PR & Comms Report (APCR) has commended the top five PR consultancies across Africa - BCW, BlackHouse Media Group (BHMG), Clockwork, Edelman and Razor for…
- 6 Feb 2016
Airtel Touching Lives to Re-Unite Man with Family
Airtel Nigeria, leading telecommunications services provider, has come to the aid of a 47 year-old physically challenged man, Gbenga Adesida, who despite being blind from birth and abandoned by his…