28 results
- 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…
- 14 Feb 2020
Airtel Nigeria, East Africa Boost Airtel Africa Earning
Pan-African telecommunications company, Airtel Africa has reported a 9.9% increase in its revenue to US$2, 522-million for the nine-month period ended 31 December 2019, coming off the back of strong…
- 20 Mar 2019
NCC says Broadband Penetration Increased to 33% in February
Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said that broadband penetration made remarkable improvement as it increased to about 33 per cent as at…
- 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…
- 2 Jul 2018
Airtel Africa Profits Hit $154.5m
Airtel Africa’s profit after tax for the quarter ended March almost tripled to $154.52 million, from $57.5 million in the last quarter of 2016-17. This is the second positive margin in the…
- 20 Mar 2019
Airtel Nigeria Approaches NSE for Listing
Airtel Nigeria has reportedly opened discussion with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on the listing of its stock on the local Stock Exchange. …
- 30 Aug 2019
Airtel Africa Crosses 100m Subscribers Milestone
Airtel Africa, a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 14 countries across Africa, has announced that it has crossed the 100 million customers mark across its operations.…
- 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…
- 31 Oct 2019
Airtel Claims Early Victory in Nigeria’s Data War
Airtel, Nigeria’s second largest mobile phone company appears to have resigned to losing the voice market share to MTN, however, it is clearly winning the internet data market going by its recently…
- 14 Nov 2019
Airtel Nigeria Eyes $70m Spectrum for Better LTE Services
The proposed acquisition of additional 10 MHz spectrum in the 900 MHZ band in Nigeria for a consideration of $70 million has been announced by Airtel Africa Plc, a leading pan-African provider of…
- 13 May 2020
Airtel Nigeria Boosts Africa Operations’ Revenue
Airtel Africa Plc on Wednesday posted revenue and profit growth for the full year, as more customers signed up for its mobile and data services, and on stronger activity in its biggest market…
- 18 May 2020
Airtel Africa Reports $598m Profit
Airtel Africa Plc has posted a profit before tax of $598 million for the financial year ended March 31, 2020, an increase of 77.2 per cent on $348 million in 2019. Profit after tax stood at $408…
- 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…
- 24 Jul 2020
Airtel Nigeria Chalks Up 5m New Subscribers
Airtel Nigeria released its first-quarter 2020 results for the period ended June 30, 2020, on Friday, showing a 5 million increase in subscribers from 37.5 million in June 2019 to 42.5 million in…
- 26 Jul 2020
Airtel Africa Profit Falls 57 Per Cent
Airtel Africa Plc at the weekend reported a 57 per cent slump in profit after tax in the quarter ended June 30, 2020 on the back of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The African unit of the…
- 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…
- 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…
- 23 Oct 2020
Data, Mobile Money Revenues Buoy Airtel Africa Half-Year Result
Shareholders of Airtel Africa will receive an interim dividend of $1.5¢ (one and a half cents of the US dollar) per share for the half-year ended September 30, 2020, the board of the telco has…
- 28 Jan 2021
Airtel Pays N72Bn to Renew Nigeria Licence for another 10 Years
Airtel Africa, a telecommunications provider in 14 countries, said the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has approved the renewal of spectrum licences in 900 and 1800 Megahertz (MHZ) for its…
- 13 May 2021
Airtel Reports $3.91Bn Revenue for Q1 of 2021
Airtel Africa Plc has reported a 14.2 per cent growth in income to $3.91bn in the first quarter of 2021. The company, in its financial statement released on Wednesday, said it recorded revenue growth…
- 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,…
- 18 Feb 2016
Airtel Announces Senior Level Changes, New Organigram for Africa operations
Bharti Airtel (Airtel), a leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, has announced top level changes for its Africa operations.…
- 1 Aug 2021
Airtel Africa Secures $200m for Mobile Money Investment
Airtel Africa Plc has announced that it has secured a $200m investment from Qatar Holding LLC. This is in a bid to boost its mobile money arm. According to a statement released by the company, the…
- 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…
- 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…
- 7 Mar 2018
Airtel Lauds NCC for Sanction on Telcos for Call Masking
Airtel Nigeria Limited, has commended the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) over stiff actions it has adopted in curbing the menace of call-masking and refiling in the industry. Call…