Overview
Airtel Africa plc is a telecommunications and mobile-money company serving consumers and businesses across sub-Saharan Africa. Its core services are mobile voice, data and mobile-money services, alongside enterprise connectivity and related services.[1][2]
The company operates in 14 countries: Nigeria; Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia; and the Francophone markets of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chad, Niger, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Madagascar and Seychelles. Its stated purpose is “transforming lives.” [1][3][4][5]
In FY2026, Airtel Africa reported revenue of $6.415 billion and served 183.5 million customers, including 84.2 million data customers and 54.1 million Airtel Money customers.[6][7][8] [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Products & services
Airtel Africa’s mobile offerings include voice, data and other mobile services delivered over GPRS, 3G, 4G and 5G networks. In FY2026, data generated $2.530 billion, voice $2.318 billion and other mobile services $502 million; data represented 47.3% of mobile-services revenue. At year-end, 5G was available in six markets across 3,116 sites, and average data use was 8.9 GB per customer per month.[9][6] The company also offers home broadband, including connections using 5G routers.[10][11]
Airtel Money provides mobile-wallet and payment services, including cash-in and cash-out, person-to-person transfers, airtime and bundle top-ups, bill and merchant payments, cash collection, corporate bulk payments and international transfers. Its financial services include bank-wallet transfers, lending, insurance, wealth management and savings. The mobile-money segment generated $1.355 billion in FY2026 revenue, or $1.087 billion after inter-segment eliminations.[12][6] MyAirtel combines telecom and Airtel Money self-service and transactions; app transacting customers grew 74% year on year in FY2026.[13] Airtel Business offers enterprise ICT and connectivity services, while Nxtra develops data-centre capacity.[2][14][15] [9][6][10][12][13][2][11][14][15]
Geographic presence
Airtel Africa operates in 14 sub-Saharan African countries: Nigeria; Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi and Rwanda in East Africa; and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chad, Niger, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Madagascar and Seychelles in Francophone Africa.[3][4]
For the year ended 31 March 2026, reported external-customer revenue was $6,415 million. By reporting segment, Nigeria contributed $1,595 million (about 24.9% of group revenue), East Africa $2,172 million (33.9%), and Francophone Africa $1,540 million (24.0%). Mobile money was reported separately at $1,087 million (16.9%), with $21 million unallocated; percentages are calculated from the reported total.[16] The company’s registered office is at First Floor, 15 Davies Street, London, W1K 3DE, United Kingdom.[17] [3][4][16][17]
Business segments
For FY2026, Airtel Africa reported five operating segments: Nigeria mobile services, East Africa mobile services, Francophone Africa mobile services, Mobile Money and unallocated Others. Based on external-customer revenue of $6,415 million, their approximate contributions were Nigeria 24.9% ($1,595 million), East Africa 33.9% ($2,172 million), Francophone Africa 24.0% ($1,540 million), Mobile Money 16.9% ($1,087 million) and Others 0.3% ($21 million). The three regional segments cover mobile services in their respective markets. Mobile Money revenue includes services such as wallet transactions, payments and transfers, and financial services; the reported external-customer figures exclude inter-segment revenue.[16][12]
Airtel also disaggregates revenue by service type—voice, data, mobile money and other—which is a service-line view rather than a separate set of reportable operating segments. Its annual-report strategy framing also identifies Voice, Data, Airtel Money and Enterprise as business areas; Enterprise is not separately quantified in the FY2026 segment revenue breakdown.[16][18][19] [16][16][16][16][16][16][12][18][19]
Company history
Airtel Africa’s operating roots date to June 2010, when Bharti Airtel acquired Zain’s mobile businesses in 15 African countries, taking over a business with about 36 million subscribers. The group expanded with launches and acquisitions, including entry into Rwanda in 2012, Warid’s Uganda and Congo operations in 2013, and yuMobile’s Kenyan subscriber base in 2015; it also exited Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone in 2016.[20][21][22][23][24]
Airtel Africa plc was incorporated in the UK on 12 July 2018. Around that period, Airtel agreed to acquire Millicom’s Tigo Rwanda business, which merged with Airtel Rwanda in 2018. The company went public in 2019, listing in London in July and on the Nigerian Exchange later that month. In leadership, Segun Ogunsanya became Group CEO in October 2021; Sunil Taldar succeeded him effective 1 July 2024.[25][26][27][28][29][30] [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]
Sources
- AIRTEL AFRICA PLC — Press release (2026 Y)
- AIRTEL AFRICA PLC — Presentation (2026 Y)[10]
- www.airtel.africa[11]
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- AIRTEL AFRICA PLC — Full financial report (2025 Y)[18][19]
- www.airtel.africa[20]
- www.airtel.africa[21]
- www.bharti.com[22]
- www.airtel.in[23]
- www.airtel.in[24]
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk[25]
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