Airtel Africa
22 May 2024
Nigeria’s $76 billion telecoms sector is currently under the weather and desires urgent medical attention from within and outside.
22 May 2024
Telecommunications firm, Airtel Africa emerged as a major winner at the inaugural edition of the ICAN-NGX Awards, carting away the most outstanding in financial reporting and the overall gold across all categories, amidst other nominations.
10 May 2024
Financial setbacks in key markets including Nigeria, Malawi have resulted in Airtel Africa’s loss of $1.7 billion for the ending on March 31, 2024.
7 May 2024
The domestic equities market reopened on a downturn yesterday declining by N500 billion, amid a selloff in Airtel Africa and 17 stocks.
14 Mar 2024
The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, has canvassed for more investments in the ICT sector.
6 Mar 2024
The Chairman of Airtel Africa, Sunil Bharti Mittal, has been awarded Honorary Knighthood, the Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE), by King Charles III, in recognition of his contribution towards promoting India-United Kingdom business relations.
28 Feb 2024
Africa’s first integrated Demand-Side Platform (DSP), which aims at empowering advertisers and businesses to manage, buy and optimise digital ad inventory across multiple ad exchanges, has been unveiled.
15 Feb 2024
Following gains in many blue-chip stocks, especially Seplat and Airtel Africa, the Nigerian equities market halted losses to close on an upward note yesterday, as investors' fortunes soared by N980 billion.
2 Feb 2024
Airtel Africa has revealed plans to launch a share buyback worth up to $100 million after posting a strong underlying performance in the results for nine months ending December 31, 2023.
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