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- 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…
- 3 Jul 2015
How Airtel Emerged 3rd Global Largest Mobile Operator
Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), a leading telecommunications service provider with operations in 20 countries across South Asia and Africa, has become the third largest mobile operator in the world in…
- 2 Dec 2014
UBA, Airtel to Provide New Mobile Financial Services Across Africa
United Bank for Africa (UBA), one of the largest financial services companies in Africa is partnering with Bharti Airtel, a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20…
- 5 Mar 2025
Airtel Africa, Mastercard Launch New Digital Payment Solution for SmartCash Customers
Airtel Mobile Commerce BV, a subsidiary of Airtel Africa PLC, is thrilled to announce the launch of the Airtel Money GlobalPay Card, a new payment solution designed to connect Airtel Money customers…
- 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…
- 22 Oct 2012
Bharti Airtel Now 4th Largest Operator in the World
Bharti Airtel, a leading telecommunications service provider with operations in 20 countries across South Asia and Africa moved up one notch in the world wide ranking to be the fourth largest mobile…
- 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…
- 8 Oct 2019
Airtel Partners Mastercard to Connect 100 Million Consumers with Digital Payments Access
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…
- 21 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…
- 21 Apr 2021
Airtel Secures $500m Loan to Repay €750m Bond
Airtel Africa Plc has secured a new $500 million loan with a group of relationship banks to partially refinance its €750 million bonds maturing on May 20, 2021. The banks are Bank of America, BNP…
- 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…
- 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…
- 18 Feb 2015
UNICEF, Airtel Form Pan-African Alliance to Empower Children & Youths
UNICEF and Bharti Airtel, a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, have entered a partnership agreement to expand their collaboration…
- 28 May 2013
Airtel Launches First 3.75 G Service In Burkina Faso
Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), a leading telecommunications services provider took a significant step towards building the largest 3G network across Africa by announcing the launch of its 3G mobile…
- 14 Aug 2026
Airtel Nigeria Adds Over 1,000Cell Sites in Nationwide Expansion to Surpasses 17,000
Airtel Nigeria is approaching the 18,000-cell-site mark as the telecommunications operator accelerates network deployment across the country, adding more than 1,000 new sites annually and extending…
- 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…
- 30 Apr 2014
Mobile Operators Collaborate on Interoperability of Mobile Money across Africa
Nine mobile network operators, including Bharti Airtel, Etisalat Group, Millicom, MTN Group, Ooredoo Group, Orange, STC Group, Vodafone Group and Zain Group, have committed to work together to…
- 6 Oct 2021
Airtel Money Partners Flutterwave to Expand Operation in East African Markets
Airtel Money has announced a partnership with an African payments company, Flutterwave, to expand the former’s services to East African markets. Through the partnership, businesses integrating…
- 19 Oct 2013
Bharti Airtel Acquires 100% Equity Shares of WBSP Limited
Bharti Airtel Limited, a leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, on Friday said that it has completed the acquisition of 100%…
- 22 Aug 2016
Access Bank, Innjoo Mobile, Nig. CommWeek, Others Endorse Yudala Zero Gravity
A number of corporate organizations including foremost financial institution Access Bank, telecommunications giants Airtel and fast-growing smart mobile devices brand, InnJoo Mobile have…
- 24 Oct 2012
Airtel Crosses 60m Customers’ Mark in Africa
Bharti Airtel ,a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today celebrated its 60 millionth customer in Africa. The company, which recently…
- 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…
- 15 Nov 2021
CBN Grants Airtel Approval-in-Principle to Operate Super Agent
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has granted Airtel Nigeria the approval in principle to operate super-agent network in Nigeria. Airtel Africa, the parent company of Airtel Nigeria, announced this in a…
- 4 Feb 2020
Airtel Launches 0904 Number Series
Airtel Nigeria has added 0904 number series to its numbering range, following the approval of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the industry regulator. The telco said the new number series,…
- 26 Apr 2022
CBN Grants Airtel Full Super-Agent License
Airtel Nigeria has been granted a full super-agent license from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This is coming six months after Airtel announced it had secured the license in principle. The latest…
- 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…
- 30 Dec 2021
Nigerian Telco Opts for Digital Payments
African telecom operator MTN doesn't need brick-and-mortar retail locations to expand its network.December 30, 2021. According to Global Finance- the global news and insight for corporate financial…
- 27 May 2016
Access Bank, Airtel Smart Savers Promo Produce Winners
Abdulrazak Ayinde, Computer Engineering student of Lagos State Polytechnic, has emerged winner of new Hyundai i10 in the ‘Smart Savers Promo,’ an initiative of Access Bank powered by Airtel Nigeria…
- 15 Jun 2016
Student Wins Access Bank, Airtel Smart Savers' Promo
Abdulrazak Ayinde, computer engineering student of Lagos State Polytechnic, has emerged winner of new Hyundai i10 in the‘Smart Savers Promo,’ an initiative of Access Bank powered by Airtel Nigeria to…
- 15 Jun 2016
Student Wins Access Bank, Airtel Smart Savers' Promo
Abdulrazak Ayinde, computer engineering student of Lagos State Polytechnic, has emerged winner of new Hyundai i10 in the‘Smart Savers Promo,’ an initiative of Access Bank powered by Airtel Nigeria to…