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- 7 May 2014
Mittal, Bharti Enterprises Chairman Meets Tanzania’s Kikwete at WEF
Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman of Bharti Enterprises, met with Dr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, president of Tanzania, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum on Africa, where they discussed…
- 24 Feb 2014
Bharti Airtel Selects Mahindra Comviva’s Enterprise Platform for African Operations
Mahindra Comviva, the global leader in providing mobility solutions, has partnered with Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across…
- 24 Nov 2017
Bharti Family Pledges 10% of Wealth To Philanthropy
By peter oluka The Bharti Family, which has built one of India’s leading business enterprises, today pledged a part of their personal wealth for philanthropic purposes. The Family has decided to…
- 2 Mar 2026
Sunil Bharti Mittal Conferred GSMA Lifetime Achievement Award for Transforming Global Telecommunications
The GSMA has conferred a rare Lifetime Achievement Award on Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder and Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, recognising his role in reshaping the global telecommunications landscape…
- 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…
- 18 Mar 2014
GSMA, Operators Thinker on Improving MEA Mobile Access & Affordability
GSMA and telecom operators have commenced moves with the initiative aimed at enhancing use of network infrastructure to connect underserved communities across Middle East and Africa. The move is in…
- 18 Mar 2014
GSMA, Telcos Partner to Improve Mobile Access across Africa
Senior leaders from eight major mobile operator groups, covering 551 million mobile connections across Africa and the Middle East, plan to cooperate on network infrastructure sharing initiatives that…
- 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,…
- 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…
- 21 Aug 2014
Airtel Introduces WTFB Bundles for Social Media Platforms
In furtherance of its key objective of becoming Nigeria’s number one mobile Internet Company, Airtel Nigeria, leading communications services provider, has introduced affordable Internet…
- 15 Dec 2013
Airtel Rewards Employees for Excellence, Outstanding Performance
Airtel, leading telecommunications services provider has rewarded some staffs for exhibiting outstanding performance in the course of service to the company, in recognition of excellence and…
- 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 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 1 Apr 2014
Airtel to Resell Thuraya Services for Rural Africa
Thuraya, satellite phone operator said that it has signed a reseller agreement with Bharti Airtel for its African mobile network subsidiaries. Commencing from May onwards, Airtel Africa will sell…
- 3 Sept 2025
Indus Towers Forays into Nigeria, Other Markets
Indus Towers Limited has announced its Board of Directors, at a meeting held earlier in the day, reviewed and deliberated on strategic opportunities to expand the Company’s footprint across select…
- 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…
- 19 Feb 2015
Airtel, UNAIDS Partner to Tackle Mother-To-Child HIV Transmission in Nigeria
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, have partnered to support the National Agency for the Control of AIDS in an initiative…
- 9 May 2014
CWG Named WEF Global Growth Company
CWG Plc, the leading Pan African Systems Integration company has been selected as a World Economic Forum Global Growth Company. CWG was selected for this recognition based on her phenomenal growth,…
- 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…
- 2 Aug 2013
Airtel Appoints Iguendha Chair for Gabon Operations
Bharti Airtel, a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, on Friday announced the appointment of Mr. Claude Ayo Iguendha as board chairman…
- 6 Apr 2026
Airtel Becomes World’s Second Largest Telco as Global Customer Base Surpasses 650 Million
Bharti Airtel has announced a major milestone in its global operations, crossing 650 million mobile subscribers worldwide, a scale that now positions the company as the second-largest…
- 22 Jul 2015
The “App Economy” will Drive Innovation in Africa
The mobile economy has finally arrived in Africa. Anyone who doubts should simply take a look around them. The millennial generation have become the leading purveyors of the emerging “App Economy”.…
- 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.…
- 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…
- 6 Mar 2017
Millicom, Airtel Unite in New Operation
Millicom International Cellular S.A. (Millicom) and Bharti Airtel Limited (Airtel) have announced an agreement for Tigo Ghana Limited and Airtel Ghana Limited to combine their operations in Ghana. As…
- 22 Jan 2015
MTN to Restructure its South African Business Unit
MTN, Africa's largest telecoms provider plans to restructure its home market's enterprise business segment, it said on Wednesday, as competition squeezes revenue in its key South African unit. The…