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- 15 Mar 2019
Court Faults Bharti Airtel Purchase of Airtel Nigeria Shares from Ecobank
Federal High Court in Lagos has ruled that Bharti Airtel’s purchase of Airtel Nigeria shares from Ecobank in 2018 was contemptuous and amounted to a flagrant disobedience of a court order. The…
- 28 Nov 2016
Bharti Airtel Acquires Econet’s 4.2% Stake in Airtel Nigeria
India’s top carrier Bharti Airtel’s Netherlands arm has acquired 4.2% Econet Wireless shareholding in the Airtel Nigeria. Earlier this month, Sunil Mittal-driven telco’s has reached settlement with…
- 26 Oct 2018
Bharti Airtel, Owners of Airtel Under Financial Pressure
S&P Global Ratings has stated that Bharti Airtel’s dilution of a roughly 28% stake in its Africa unit will ease some pressure on the rating of the telco, but warned that a risk of a downgrade…
- 27 Jul 2016
Nigerian Losses Drag Bharti Airtel Profit
Bharti Airtel reported a 30.8 percent fall in first-quarter net profit on Wednesday, blaming an adverse foreign exchange impact in Nigeria, although it beat analysts' estimates. Consolidated net…
- 15 Feb 2014
Bharti Airtel Decorated at 4thMobileMoney Expo 2014
Bharti Airtel has been awarded the prestigious Kalahari Award 2014 as a player in the mobile money sector with the fastest growth and expansion in Africa, in recognition of its contributions and…
- 30 Jul 2014
Bharti Airtel Crosses 300m Customers Milestone
Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, on Tuesday announced that it has crossed the 300 million customer mark…
- 13 Jul 2010
Bharti Airtel Plans $300m Investment in Nigeria in 12 Months
Bharti Airtel that recently completed the acquisition of Zain Africa plans to invest $300 million in the first year of its operation in the country to grow the network. Mr. Manoj Kohli, chief…
- 22 Oct 2015
Bharti Airtel Sells Towers in Africa
Bharti Airtel has announced that it has sold around 8,300 towers in Africa for $1.7 billion, which is to be used to pay down the company's debt. "As on date we have completed the sale transactions in…
- 3 Nov 2020
Bharti Airtel to Exit Ghana
Bharti Airtel’s board has cleared the sale of its Ghana joint venture – AirtelTigo – to the government in the African country, and is taking an impairment charge of Rs184.1 crore for the transaction.…
- 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…
- 30 Mar 2010
Bharti Airtel Buys Zain for $10.7 billion
Zain has announced the signing of definitive agreements for the sale of 100% of Zain Africa BV, its African business excluding its operations in Morocco and Sudan (”Zain Africa”), to…
- 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…
- 1 Oct 2012
Bharti Airtel Rings Ezekwesili into Board
Obiageli Katryn Ezekwesili, Nigeria's Former World Bank Vice President for Africa and a world-renowned expert on economic reforms and economic governance, joins the Bharti Airtel board, Nigeria…
- 22 Jun 2015
Bharti Airtel Halts Sale of Base Stations to Helios Towers
Bharti Airtel, India telecommunications giant with operational bases in 17 African countries said that it will discontinue the sale of its towers in Tanzania and Chad to Helios Towers Africa (HTA).…
- 2 Apr 2026
Bharti Airtel Crosses 650m Users
Sunil Mittal led Bharti Airtel has crossed the 650-million customer mark globally, fortifying its position as the world’s second-largest telecom operator by mobile subscriber base, as per a…
- 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%…
- 19 Jul 2010
Bharti-Airtel Says it Supports Number Portability, Co-location
Bharti-Airtel, the new owners of Zain Nigeria, has signaled its intention to adopt number portability as a means of giving Nigerian telecommunications consumers the freedom of choice. Mr. Manoj…
- 28 Sept 2010
Bharti Airtel Appoints George Andah as CMO
Bharti Airtel has announced the appointment of George Andah as the Chief Marketing Officer for its Nigerian operation. Andah will be responsible for developing the marketing strategy, enhancing…
- 16 Nov 2017
Bharti Airtel, Tigo Merge to form AirtelTigo
Bharti Airtel has merged with Millicom’s Tigo in Ghana to become the country’s second largest mobile operator, the new company AirtelTigo said yesterday. The merger, the first of its kind in Ghana,…
- 10 Aug 2010
Bharti Airtel, Appoints African Professionals to Drive Continent’s Business
Bharti Airtel, a leading emerging market telecom services provider, today announced the appointment of African professionals to its top management as it moves to entrench its operations on the…
- 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 May 2026
Bharti Airtel Named Fourth Largest Mobile Network Operator in the World
The top ten mobile network operators in the world account for roughly 3.8 billion subscriptions, about 43 percent of the 8.8 billion mobile lines in service worldwide as of mid-2024. The composition…
- 2 Aug 2010
Bharti Airtel Appoints Andre Beyers as CMO for African Operations
Bharti Airtel, a leading emerging market telecom services provider, today announced the appointment of Andre Beyers as the chief marketing officer for its African operations. The company…
- 28 Aug 2012
Bharti Airtel, Sproxil Fight Drug Counterfeiting in Africa with MPA
Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 17 countries across Africa has announced a partnership with Sproxil to combat the counterfeit drug market in…
- 17 Oct 2013
Bharti Airtel Ranked 4th in TI’s Corporate Reporting Listing
Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunication services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, has been ranked fourth in a listing of 100 emerging market multinational…
- 8 Sept 2014
Bharti Airtel Targets $1Bn From Sale of Nigeria Towers
Bharti Airtel is expected to reach an agreement on the sale of its telecom towers in Nigeria for more than $1 billion within the next three weeks. American Tower Company (ATC) is believed to be…
- 6 May 2013
Bharti Airtel Inks Long-term Strategic Investment with QFE
Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications services provider has entered into a binding agreement with Qatar Foundation Endowment (“QFE”), under which Bharti will issue 199,870,006 of its new…
- 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…
- 31 Aug 2010
MTV, Bharti Airtel Partners on MAMA
MTV Networks Africa (MTVNA) and Bharti Airtel have reached an agreement to hold the 2010 MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) in Lagos. MTVNA’s jubilant celebration of contemporary…
- 22 Jan 2020
Bharti Airtel, Western Union, Partner on Real-time Bank Transfers to India, African Mobile Wallets
Western Union has teamed up with Bharti Airtel Ltd. to allow customers to send real-time payments directly to bank accounts in India as well as real-time fund transfers to mobile wallets in 14…