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- 24 Apr 2013
Airtel to Acquire Warid Uganda
Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), has entered into a definitive agreement with the Warid Group (“Warid”) to fully acquire Warid Telecom Uganda. With this, Airtel will further consolidate its position as the…
- 18 Feb 2014
Airtel Names Nigerian Directors in Tanzania, Uganda
BhartiAirtel, a global telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, has announced senior level organizational changes within its Africa operations. The…
- 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…
- 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…
- 19 Jun 2023
Insurtech Firm Celebrates Insuring Over 1,000,000 People Across Africa
Turaco, African insuretech distributing affordable insurance, is proud to announce it has surpassed 1,000,000 lives insured. Turaco raised a $10m Series A in September 2022, and is using that…
- 2 Mar 2014
Airtel Nigeria Appoints Commercial, Technical Chief Officers
Airtel Nigeria, has announced the appointment of Mohamed Ghidan as its chief technical & information technology officer (CTIO) and Maurice Newa as chief commercial officer (CCO), in furtherance…
- 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…
- 31 Jan 2017
Airtel Refutes Africa Exit Reports, Clarifies On Revenue Results
Airtel Africa, a leading telecommunications company with operations in 15 countries across Africa, has refuted what it called speculative media reports, erroneously stating its possible exit from…
- 1 Oct 2015
Beyonic Partners Mobile Accord to Expand African Presence
Beyonic, a technology company that aims to eliminate the rampant use of cash in emerging markets, is announcing a partnership with Mobile Accord that will make Beyonic the largest mobile money…
- 5 Dec 2013
Airtel Subscribers to Watch Arsenal Play @ Emirate
Airtel Nigeria has demonstrated its commitment to continually reward loyalty by offering four customers tickets to watch Arsenal FC clash with Everton at the Emirates Stadium, this Sunday. The…
- 20 Dec 2017
Bharti Airtel To Become 2nd Strongest Teleco in Rwanda After Millicom’s Deal
By peter oluka Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), a leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 17 countries across Asia and Africa, Tuesday said that, through its…
- 3 Mar 2015
Visa, Airtel Extend Mobile Payments to Seven African Countries
Visa Inc. and Bharti Airtel, a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, on Monday announced a partnership to bring innovative mobile…
- 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…
- 29 Dec 2014
Airtel, TRACE Roll out Nigeria’s Mobile Device Song Contest
Airtel Nigeria, leading Telecom service providerin collaboration with international music video channel, TRACE (DSTV Channel 325) has announced the roll out of the mobile device song contest…
- 19 Sept 2025
Airtel AI Blocks 84 Percent of Spam SMS in Nigeria
Nigeria has recorded an 84 Percent decline in spam SMS after Airtel Africa deployed its Artificial Intelligence-powered spam detection tool, Spam Alert. According to Airtel, the free service has…
- 26 Sept 2014
Airtel, Trace Unveil Music Contest For 13 African Countries
‎Bharti Airtel, a leading telecommunications service provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, has today partnered with TRACE Music Star and global recording icon Akon to…
- 24 May 2017
MainOne Says Improved Investments to Drive Data Explosion in Africa
Ms. Funke Opeke, CEO of MainOne joined experts at the International Telecoms Week conference in Chicago who highlighted the need to accelerate investment in Africa to facilitate the continent’s…
- 24 Sept 2015
Airtel, Liquid Telecom Partner for Faster Mobile Broadband
Airtel has signed an agreement with Liquid Telecom to use the fibre provider's terrestrial fibre network to connect Airtel's mobile base stations and enterprises, in a bid to increase internet access…
- 15 Nov 2012
Bharti Airtel Makes History with 1st Free Intercontinental Incoming Roaming
Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, this morning introduced the world's first free intercontinental incoming…
- 1 Dec 2015
Airtel Launches $9Bn 'Project Leap' to Reinforce Network
Bharti Airtel has reportedly announced a $9.04bn network expansion plan to drive mobile broadband access to villages and fixed broadband to towns across Asia and Africa over the next three years.…
- 22 Jul 2020
Facebook’s Connectivity Investments to Grow Africa’s Economy by $57B in the next Five Years
Facebook has released findings from The Impact of Facebook’s Connectivity Initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa, a study conducted by Analysys Mason that highlights how Facebook investments in…
- 18 Dec 2025
Why Econet Wireless is Switching to VFEX
After nearly 30 years on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE), Econet Wireless, the country’s biggest technology company, is preparing to leave the bourse and move its property and infrastructure assets…
- 22 Aug 2017
TerraPay, Instant Cash Launch Cross-Border Money Transfers to Mobile Wallets
TerraPay, the world’s first mobile payments switch and Instant Cash, one of the fastest growing money transfer companies in the world, have teamed up to enable real-time cross border money transfers…
- 19 Oct 2015
Bharti Airtel Cancels Deal to Sell Towers in Africa
Bharti Airtel has announced that a deal to sell more than 3,500 towers it owns in six African countries has broken down. Back in September 2014, the firm announced that it would sell the towers to…
- 28 Oct 2013
Airtel Africa, Nazara Technologies Launch Flat-Fee Mobile Games Service
Bharti Airtel, a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, on Monday launched Airtel Games Club, a flat-fee mobile gaming subscription…
- 13 Aug 2020
Airtel Partners Standard Chartered Bank to Expand Operations
Standard Chartered Bank and Airtel Africa Plc have come together to expand their operations on the continent. This partnership supports Airtel Africa’s efforts to expand the range and depth of its…
- 4 Sept 2012
Airtel, Sanlam Ink Financial Products Distribution Deal
Bharti Airtel, a leading telecommunications company with operations in 17 countries across Africa including Nigeria has inked a strategic cooperation agreement with Sanlam, leading South African…
- 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,…
- 24 Jul 2017
How iSON Fosters Outsourcing Culture in Africa
Enterprises in Africa are constantly looking at digitization strategies to drive operational excellence, improve customer satisfaction and expand operations to play a greater part in the global…
- 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…