Tag: Airtel Africa
Airtel Confirms 5G Roll Out in Kenya
Back in 2021, we learned that Airtel Kenya had entered the 5G race after the telco reported it had upgraded some of its sites...
Kenya to Take Part in Airtel Africa’s Musical Show The Voice
Airtel Africa, which operates in 14 African states, including Kenya and Uganda, has announced title sponsorship of The Voice Africa at an event in...
Airtel Africa To Boost Connectivity in Kenya and Other Markets After Sealing Deal with ATC
Airtel Africa and the American Tower Corporation (ATC) have announced a deal that will see the two parties enter a beneficial multi-year and multi-product...
Airtel Africa Posts Revenue Growth Led by West African States
The financial results for Airtel Africa for the second quarter of 2022 (ended 30 June) have been revealed.
The corporation, which is present in 14...
Airtel Kenya Appoints New CEO and Board Chair
Kenya’s second largest telecom operator Airtel Kenya has made some changes in its management team.
First and foremost, its CEO Mr. Prasanta Das Sarma has...
Airtel Kenya’s Struggle To Raise Funds Sees It Sell A Quarter Of Its Mobile Money Stake For KES 64B
Airtel Kenya has sold 25.77 percent of its mobile money product Airtel Money in a deal that seeks to raise more cash for the...
Airtel Africa to Spin off Airtel Money by the End of the Year
Mobile money is king in Africa and its impressive growth is making telcos in the continent consider running their mobile money services independent of...
Airtel Africa and UNICEF Seek to Scale-up Digital Learning for Children in Africa, Including Kenya
Airtel Africa and UNICEF announced today a five-year pan-African partnership to help accelerate the roll-out of digital learning through connecting schools to the internet...
Airtel Africa Now Has 122.7 Million Customers, With East Africa Recording 25.8 Percent in Revenue Growth
Airtel Africa plc has released its financial results for the half-year ended 30 September 2021.
According to the operator, which offers mobile phones services to...
Airtel Africa Picks Airtel Nigeria CEO for The Same Role
Airtel Africa has a new CEO.
Olusegun "Segun" Ogunsanya has joined the operator as its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer.
Segun’s tenure officially started on...
Airtel Africa Appoints New CEO
Leading telco and mobile money provider Airtel has appointed a new CEO for its Africa operations.
Olusegun “Segun” Ogunsanya, Managing Director and CEO Nigeria...
The Rise Fund Purchases $200M Stake in Airtel Africa’s Mobile Money Product
Airtel Africa, which served 14 countries in the continent, has announced the signing of an agreement under which The Rise Fund, the global impact...
Airtel Africa Reports $472m Operating Profit Driven by Data and Mobile Money
Airtel Africa has revealed its half yearly results for 2020, ended September 30.
The operator, which serves tens of markets in the continent, has reported...
Airtel Africa and MoneyGram Deal To See Global Transfers to Airtel Money Wallet
MoneyGram, a cross-border 2P2 payments and money transfers has struck a deal with Airtel Africa that serves 14 countries in the continent.
Airtel Money Customers To Make Online Deposits and Withdrawals From Standard Chartered
Airtel Money’s customers will be able to make real-time online deposits and withdrawals from Standard Chartered bank accounts, receive international money transfers directly to their wallets, and access savings products amongst other services.
Airtel Africa Reports 8.4 Percent Growth in Revenue Iin H1 as it Restructures Africa Operations
Airtel Africa, the continent’s second-largest operator behind MTN has announced its half-year results ended 30 September 2019. The results are marked by impressive numbers...
Airtel Africa Teams Up with Mastercard to Take Digital Payments to the Masses
Airtel Africa and Mastercard have announced a partnership that will see them serve a substantial customer base of more than 100 million in the...
Airtel Africa is the Continent’s Second Largest Mobile Operator
Airtel Africa is now second to MTN in terms of active subscriber count in the continent at 100 million. This development was made official...
Airtel Africa Targeting a Valuation Half of Safaricom in London IPO
Airtel Africa is one of the major telecommunications players in the African continent. They are present in 15 Africa countries that includes Kenya and...
Airtel Africa Constitutes Board of Directors Following Equity Investment
Towards the end of October, Airtel Africa announced that it had received an investment of $1.25 million from a total of six investors. The funders,...
Airtel and Kukua Launch Sema Run, an Educational Mobile Game for Kids
Kids love mobile games, and with deeper penetration of smart devices and access to affordable data plans, more children are getting versed with gameplay...
Change is in the Air as Airtel Kenya Gets a New CEO
Change is in the air.
Airtel Dispels Rumours of African Market Exit, Says it’s Here to Stay
After word went round last week that Airtel Africa, one of the largest telecommunications companies on the continent, was planning an exit from the...
Bharti Airtel losses in Africa declined to $59 Million in the last Quarter from $183 Million
Bharti Airtel, the mother company for Airtel Kenya announced its financial results for its fourth quarter, period ending March 31st 2016. On its operations...
Airtel Africa Announces New Top Level Hires Picked From Rival Mobile Carriers
Airtel seeks to benefit from talent poached from rival mobile carriers in the region. This is after they hired Farhad Khan who comes from...
Airtel Scoops Two Global Mobile Awards for its Groundbreaking Innovations
World’s first Virtual Card on mobile phone recognized by the authoritative mobile industry body for its transformational role in the lives of consumers in...