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- 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…
- 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 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 11 Aug 2025
Airtel Money Africa Partners pawaPay for Seamless International Remittances Across Africa
Airtel Money Africa, Airtel Africa’s mobile money arm, announced an extended partnership with Africa’s largest mobile money payment service provider (PSP) pawaPay to enable seamless cross-border…
- 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…
- Telecom17 Aug 2026
Airtel Africa Emerges First Operator in Africa to Commercially Launch Starlink Mobile
Airtel Africa and Starlink have launched satellite-to-mobile service in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), marking the first commercial deployment in Africa. The service enables Airtel customers with compatible smartphones to access connectivity in non-terrestrial areas wherever they can see the sky.
- 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,…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 21 Oct 2025
Airtel Africa Pushes for Collaboration in Building Africa’s Digital Future
Airtel Africa, a provider of telecommunications and mobile money services across 14 African countries, has highlighted industry partnerships, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data centres as critical…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 26 Feb 2014
Airtel Africa Appoints RAMP as Mobile Advertising Partner
Airtel Africa has appointed RAMP (Real African Media Partners) as its mobile advertising partner to serve mobile adverts to Airtel customers in 17 countries across Africa. André Beyers, Airtel…
- 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…
- 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…
- 10 Jul 2026
Airtel Africa to Connect 5,000 Schools to Free Internet by 2027
Airtel Africa’s CEO, Sunil Taldar, has announced the telco’s commitment to connecting 5,000 schools across its operating countries in Africa to the internet by 2027 through its philanthropic arm,…
- 6 Mar 2023
Airtel Africa Restates Commitment to Providing Quality Education to African Children
Airtel Africa, a provider of telecommunications and mobile money services with a presence in 14 countries across Africa, has restated its commitment to the relentless pursuit of a better future for…
- 31 Aug 2025
Airtel Africa Foundation Presents Nigerian Students with Tech Scholarships
In a bold step towards advancing access to education and youth empowerment in Nigeria and the rest of the continent, the Airtel Africa Foundation, through Airtel Nigeria, has announced that two…
- 20 Nov 2024
Airtel Africa-UNICEF Partnership Connects 1,200 Schools, 1M Africa Children to Digital Education
Airtel Africa, a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services across 14 African countries, has today announced that its five-year partnership with United Nations Children’s Fund…
- 17 May 2021
NIN-SIM Linkage Regulation in Nigeria Impacts on Airtel Africa Customer Base
Airtel Africa says the new SIM card registration regulations in Nigeria have negatively affected the growth of its customer base in Africa. According to the company’s most recent financial statement,…