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- 26 Mar 2025
MTN Group, Airtel Africa Agree to Network Sharing in Uganda and Nigeria
Driven to extend digital and financial inclusion across Africa, MTN Group and Airtel Africa have entered into agreements to share network infrastructure in Uganda and Nigeria, while ensuring…
- 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…
- 22 Oct 2019
Airtel Africa Partners Ecobank Group to Improve Access to Mobile Financial Services
Airtel Africa, a leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 14 countries across Africa, and Ecobank Transnational Incorporated ("ETI"), the parent company of Ecobank the…
- 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…
- 6 Dec 2023
Airtel Africa Urges Enhanced Public-private Collaboration for Climate Action in Africa @ COP28
Segun Ogunsanya, group CEO of Airtel Africa plc, has reaffirmed the importance of an enabling policy environment for sustainable development and climate action in partnership with Africa’s private…
- 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…
- 19 Oct 2023
Airtel Africa Explains How Emerging Technologies can Drive Africa’s Digital, Financial Inclusion
Airtel Africa’s Group CEO, Segun Ogunsanya has challenged the telecommunications industry in Africa to leverage emerging technologies to enable all people in the continent to connect, engage and…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 5 Mar 2023
Airtel Africa GCEO Visits Kenya President, Explains Airtel`s Digital Transformation Drive
Segun Ogunsanya, the Group Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Africa, paid a courtesy visit to the President of Kenya, H.E. Dr. William Ruto at the State House Nairobi recently. Conversations held…
- 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…
- 11 Apr 2021
Airtel Africa Gets $100m Investment from Mastercard
Airtel Africa has announced the signing of an agreement under which Mastercard will invest 100 million dollars in Airtel Mobile Commerce BV. AMC BV is currently the holding company for several Airtel…
- 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…
- 11 Jun 2024
Airtel Africa Taps Network International for Payments Processing
Airtel Africa, a provider of telecommunications and mobile money services, with a presence in 14 countries in Africa, has announced that Network International (Network) the leading enabler of digital…
- 21 Jun 2019
Airtel Africa to Sell Shares to Nigerians @ N454 Per Share
Airtel Africa Plc, the second largest telecommunications group in Africa is set to sell its shares to Nigerian investors at between N363 and N454 per share, according to offer prospectus of the…
- 23 Jul 2026
Airtel Africa Backs London Listing
Airtel Africa has confirmed that the London Stock Exchange is its preferred listing venue for Airtel Money in 2026, as the group looks to unlock value from its fast-growing fintech business. The…
- 5 Jun 2019
Airtel Africa Targets $750m in London IPO
Airtel Africa Ltd, a subsidiary of India’s Bharti Airtel Ltd, on Tuesday said it will proceed with its plan to list shares on the main market of the London Stock Exchange through an initial public…
- 9 May 2023
Airtel Africa Pays N58.7bn for Spectrum License Renewal
Airtel Africa has announced that its Nigerian subsidiary, Airtel Networks Limited (Airtel Nigeria), paid N58.7 billion to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to renew its 2×10 MHz 2100 MHz…
- 19 Aug 2021
Segun Ogunsanya, Airtel Africa CEO-Designate, Named African Business Leader of the Year
Segun Ogunsanya, Airtel Africa Group CEO-designate, has been named the African Business Leader of the Year in the 2021 African Business Leadership Awards (ABLA). The awards are organized by African…
- 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…
- 17 Nov 2021
Segun Ogunsanya, Airtel Africa CEO, Awarded Honourary Doctoral Degree
Segun Ogunsanya, Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Airtel Africa PLC, has been conferred with a Doctor of Science, D.Sc Ed (Honouris Causa) in Computer Science Education by one…
- 4 Oct 2021
Airtel Africa Announces Offer to Buy Out Nigerian Minorities
Airtel Africa has announced that Airtel Networks Ltd., (Airtel Nigeria), its subsidiary, has initiated a process to buy back 8.27 per cent minority shareholdings at N55.81 per share. Simon O’Hara,…
- 19 Sept 2024
IFC, Airtel Africa Partner to Increase Access to High-speed Mobile Connectivity in sub-Saharan Africa
IFC has provided new financing to three of Airtel Africa plc's subsidiaries with the aim of bringing high-speed mobile connectivity to more than 37 million subscribers in sub-Saharan Africa. IFC's…
- 22 Sept 2025
Airtel Africa Extends $100M Share Buyback Plan
Airtel Africa has extended its $100 million share buyback programme, first launched in December 2024, in partnership with Barclays Capital Securities Limited. The scheme, aimed at improving…
- 27 Jan 2022
Airtel Africa Joins FTSE100
Index manager FTSE Russell yesterday announced that Airtel Africa plc will be joining the FTSE100 on Monday 31 January 2022. Through its mobile telecoms and mobile money services, Airtel Africa plc…