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Airtel Africa PLC Announces Appointment of V.K. Viswanathan as Independent Non-Executive Director and Audit and Risk Committee Member, Effective July 22, 2026 Airtel Africa PLC announced the appointment of Mr. V.K. Viswanathan as an independent non-executive director with immediate effect on July 22, 2026. Mr. V.K. Viswanathan also joined the Audit and Risk Committee with effect from the same date. Vish Viswanathan brought over four decades of international business and finance leadership experience, having served among many assignments, first as CFO and Joint Managing Director of Bosch Limited and later as Managing Director, President and Country Head of Bosch Group in India. Prior to that, Vish worked as Group Treasurer, Financial Controller, Head of Mergers and Acquisitions and Audit Head for Asia Pacific at Hindustan Unilever Ltd. and Unilever plc. In both the multinational companies, he led significant business transformation, growth and complex business restructuring programmes across multiple jurisdictions. Vish brought extensive Board and Audit Committee experience, having chaired the Boards of United Spirits Limited (a Diageo plc subsidiary) and Bosch Limited. He also chaired the Audit and Risk Committees of several listed and unlisted Indian and multinational companies underpinned by deep expertise in business, financial and risk management, governance and stakeholder oversight gained through varied senior executive and board leadership roles in global organisations, including the telecoms sector. Aankondiging • Jul 10
Airtel Africa Plc to Report Q1, 2027 Results on Jul 23, 2026 Airtel Africa Plc announced that they will report Q1, 2027 results on Jul 23, 2026 Aankondiging • Jun 23
Bharti Airtel Limited (BSE:532454) completed the acquisition of 16.31% stake in Airtel Africa Plc (LSE:AAF) from Indian Continent Investment Limited. Bharti Airtel Limited (BSE:532454) agreed to acquire 16.31% stake in Airtel Africa Plc (LSE:AAF) from Indian Continent Investment Limited for £1.9 billion on May 13, 2026. The consideration consists of 146.76 million common equity of Bharti Airtel Limited to be issued for common equity of Airtel Africa Plc for 595.204251 million shares. As of June 12, 2026, Bharti Airtel Secures Strong Shareholder Backing for Landmark Africa Stake Consolidation. Bharti Airtel Limited have approved the Proposal by overwhelming majority. The transaction, upon consummation and subject to receipt of all requisite regulatory approvals, will increase Bharti Airtel’s effective stake in Airtel Africa to approximately 79%.
The transaction is subject to approval by regulatory board / committee and subject to statutory approval and shareholders of Bharti Airtel Limited. The deal has been approved by the board of Bharti Airtel Limited. Ernst & Young Private Limited acted as fairness opinion provider to Bharti Airtel Limited. Anil Kasturi and Ashish Pareek of AZB & Partners acted as legal advisor to Bharti Airtel Limited.
Bharti Airtel Limited (BSE:532454) completed the acquisition of 16.31% stake in Airtel Africa Plc (LSE:AAF) from Indian Continent Investment Limited on June 22, 2026. Aankondiging • Jun 10
Airtel Africa Plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 09, 2026 Airtel Africa Plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 09, 2026. Location: first floor, 15 davies street, london, w1k 3de, United Kingdom Aankondiging • Jun 03
Airtel Africa plc Announces Final Dividend, Payable on 24 July 2026 Airtel Africa Plc confirmed the default currency and options on currency election for the final dividend (declared by the Board to be 4.26 cents per ordinary share payable on 24 July 2026 to shareholders on the register at of close of business on 19 June 2026). Declared Dividend • May 20
Final dividend of US$0.043 announced Shareholders will receive a dividend of US$0.043. Ex-date: 18th June 2026 Payment date: 24th July 2026 Dividend yield will be 0.7%, which is lower than the industry average of 3.6%. Sustainability & Growth Dividend is well covered by both earnings (38% earnings payout ratio) and cash flows (11% cash payout ratio). The dividend has increased by an average of 2.4% per year over the past 7 years. However, payments have been volatile during that time. EPS is expected to grow by 90% over the next 3 years, which should provide support to the dividend and adequate earnings cover. Board Change • May 20
High number of new directors There are 5 new directors who have joined the board in the last 3 years. CFO & Executive Director Kamal Dua was the last director to join the board, commencing their role in 2025. The company’s lack of board continuity is considered a risk according to the Simply Wall St Risk Model. Aankondiging • Apr 17
Airtel Africa Plc to Report Fiscal Year 2026 Results on May 08, 2026 Airtel Africa Plc announced that they will report fiscal year 2026 results on May 08, 2026 Aankondiging • Mar 25
Airtel Africa PLC Announces Board Changes Airtel Africa PLC announced that Sunil Bharti Mittal has informed the Board of his intention to retire as Chair of the Board at the conclusion of this year's AGM in July 2026. Mr. Mittal has served as Chair since listing in 2019. The Board announced that Gopal Vittal will be appointed Non-Executive Chair of the Board with effect from the same date. Mr. Vittal's appointment is by nomination of the controlling shareholder pursuant to the terms of the relationship agreement dated June 17, 2019 between the Company, Bharti Airtel, Airtel Africa Mauritius Limited, the majority shareholder and an indirect subsidiary of Bharti Airtel, and Bharti Telecom. Mr. Vittal is an established telecoms leader who led Bharti Airtel to a life-time high revenue market share in an intensely competitive market and is the current Board Chair of the GSMA. He was appointed a non-executive director of Airtel Africa in October 2024. The Board acknowledged that Mr. Vittal will not be independent on appointment for the purposes of the UK Corporate Governance Code. Shravin Bharti Mittal will assume the role of Deputy Chair with effect from the same date. As Deputy Chair, Mr. Mittal will ensure continuity with the founding family and significant shareholder, and will be the Board's conduit with the Airtel Money Board, on which he serves, and with Airtel Africa's headquarters in Dubai, where he is based. As part of the ongoing succession planning in respect of the Company's Non-Executive Directors, Annika Poutiainen will also retire at the conclusion of the July AGM, at which point she will have served for over seven years. Aankondiging • Jan 14
Airtel Africa Plc to Report Nine Months, 2026 Results on Jan 30, 2026 Airtel Africa Plc announced that they will report nine months, 2026 results on Jan 30, 2026 Aankondiging • Nov 12
Airtel Africa plc Announces Board and Committee Changes Airtel Africa plc announced that Andrew Green has informed the Board of his intention to retire as Senior independent non-executive director following the conclusion of the 29 January 2026 Board meeting. Upon Andrew's retirement, Tsega Gebreyes will be appointed as Senior independent non-executive director. Tsega Gebreyes was appointed as a non-executive director on 12 October 2021, and currently chairs the Remuneration Committee as well as serving on the Nominations Committee. She will remain a member of the Remuneration Committee. Cynthia Gordon will succeed Tsega as Chair of the Remuneration Committee and will join the Nominations Committee. Declared Dividend • Oct 30
First half dividend of US$0.028 announced Shareholders will receive a dividend of US$0.028. Ex-date: 6th November 2025 Payment date: 12th December 2025 Dividend yield will be 1.4%, which is lower than the industry average of 3.6%. Sustainability & Growth Dividend is covered by both earnings (50% earnings payout ratio) and cash flows (12% cash payout ratio). The dividend has increased by an average of 1.3% per year over the past 6 years. However, payments have been volatile during that time. EPS is expected to grow by 99% over the next 3 years, which should provide support to the dividend and adequate earnings cover. Reported Earnings • Oct 29
Second quarter 2026 earnings released: EPS: US$0.049 (vs US$0.006 in 2Q 2025) Second quarter 2026 results: EPS: US$0.049 (up from US$0.006 in 2Q 2025). Revenue: US$1.58b (up 29% from 2Q 2025). Net income: US$177.0m (up US$153.0m from 2Q 2025). Profit margin: 11% (up from 2.0% in 2Q 2025). The increase in margin was driven by higher revenue. Revenue is forecast to grow 13% p.a. on average during the next 3 years, compared to a 1.8% decline forecast for the Global Wireless Telecom industry. Aankondiging • Oct 28
Airtel Africa plc Declares Interim Dividend for the Half Year Ended 30 September 2025, Payable on 12 December 2025 Airtel Africa Plc has declared an interim dividend of 2.84 cents for the half year ended 30 September 2025, payable on 12 December 2025 to shareholders recorded in the register at the close of business on 7 November 2025. Shares commence trading ex-dividend: November 6, 2025. Board Change • Oct 21
High number of new directors There are 5 new directors who have joined the board in the last 3 years. CFO & Executive Director Kamal Dua was the last director to join the board, commencing their role in 2025. The company’s lack of board continuity is considered a risk according to the Simply Wall St Risk Model. Aankondiging • Oct 14
Airtel Africa Plc to Report First Half, 2026 Results on Oct 28, 2025 Airtel Africa Plc announced that they will report first half, 2026 results on Oct 28, 2025 Aankondiging • Jul 14
Airtel Africa Plc to Report Q1, 2026 Results on Jul 24, 2025 Airtel Africa Plc announced that they will report Q1, 2026 results on Jul 24, 2025 Aankondiging • Jun 10
Airtel Africa Plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 09, 2025 Airtel Africa Plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 09, 2025. Location: first floor, 53/54 grosvenor street, w1k 3hu, london United Kingdom Aankondiging • May 09
Airtel Africa plc Recommends Final Dividend for the Financial Year Ended 31 March 2025, Payable on 25 July 2025 The board of Airtel Africa Plc has recommended a final dividend of 3.9 cents for the financial year ended 31 March 2025, payable on 25 July 2025 to shareholders recorded in the register at the close of business on 20 June 2025. Last day to trade shares cum dividend is 18 June 2025. Shares commence trading ex-dividend is 19 June 2025. Aankondiging • Apr 16
Airtel Africa Plc to Report Fiscal Year 2025 Results on May 08, 2025 Airtel Africa Plc announced that they will report fiscal year 2025 results on May 08, 2025 Aankondiging • Mar 24
Airtel Africa plc Appoints Cynthia Gordon as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Member of Remuneration Committee, Effective 1 April 2025 Airtel Africa plc announced the appointment of Cynthia Gordon as an independent non-executive director with effect from 1 April 2025. Cynthia will serve on the Company's remuneration committee. Cynthia is currently a non-executive director and remuneration committee chair at both Bodycote plc, the FTSE 250 global industrial services company and Severfield plc, the leading structural steel group. She is also thenon-executive chair of Global Fashion Group, a Luxembourg-based e-commerce company listed in Frankfurt . Other roles include acting as a senior advisor to Tillman Global Holdings, an investor in infrastructure businesses. Cynthia was formerly a non-executive director of Eutelsat Communications SA, a satellite operator listed in Paris, Tele2 and Kinnevik. As an executive director, Cynthia worked at a number of companies, including Millicom, Ooredoo and Orange. She was CEO of Millicom Africa responsible for six countries, and was also Group Commercial Director at Ooredoo, with responsibility for commercial performance across 15 countries. Aankondiging • Jan 16
Airtel Africa Plc to Report Q3, 2025 Results on Jan 30, 2025 Airtel Africa Plc announced that they will report Q3, 2025 results on Jan 30, 2025 Aankondiging • Dec 25
Airtel Africa Plc (LSE:AAF) commences an Equity Buyback Plan for 374,141,187 shares, representing 10.01% of its issued share capital, under the authorization approved on July 3, 2024. Airtel Africa Plc (LSE:AAF) commences share repurchases on December 23, 2024, under the program mandated by shareholders in the Annual General Meeting held on July 3, 2024. As per the mandate, the company is authorized to repurchase up to 374,141,187 shares, representing 10% of its share capital. The minimum price (excluding expenses) which may be paid for any such ordinary share is $ 0.50 per share. The maximum price (excluding expenses) which may be paid for any such ordinary share is the higher of an amount equal to 105% of the average of the middle market quotations for an ordinary share in the Company as derived from The London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which such share is contracted to be purchased and the higher of the price of the last independent trade and the highest current independent bid for an ordinary share in the Company on the trading venues where the market purchases by the Company. The repurchased shares will be cancelled. The authority will be valid till the next AGM of the Company or, if earlier, on October 2, 2025. As of July 1, 2024, the company had 3,736,669,688 issued shares. Aankondiging • Oct 28
Airtel Africa plc Announces Appointment of Gopal Vittal as A Non-Executive Director Airtel Africa plc announced the appointment of Gopal Vittal as a non-executive director of the Company with immediate effect. Mr. Vittal's appointment is by nomination of the controlling shareholder pursuant to the terms of relationship agreement dated 17 June 2019 between the Company, Bharti Airtel, Airtel Africa Mauritius Limited, the majority shareholder and an indirect subsidiary of Bharti Airtel, and Bharti Telecom. He has also driven Bharti Airtel Limited's digital transformation including defining the culture, metrics, incentives for collaboration and overall "re-imagining of the business". Prior to this, Mr. Vittal worked for twenty years with Unilever across sales, marketing and general management in markets spanning India, Thailand, Indonesia and China. Mr. Vittal is an alumnus of Madras Christian College and has completed his MBA from IIM, Kolkata. Aankondiging • Oct 26
Airtel Africa Plc Declares Interim Dividend for the Half Year Ended 30 September 2024, Payable on 13 December 2024 Airtel Africa Plc has declared an interim dividend of 2.6 cents for the half year ended 30 September 2024, payable on 13 December 2024 to shareholders recorded in the register at the close of business on 8 November 2024. Aankondiging • Oct 15
Airtel Africa Plc to Report First Half, 2025 Results on Oct 25, 2024 Airtel Africa Plc announced that they will report first half, 2025 results on Oct 25, 2024 Aankondiging • Jun 13
Airtel Africa Plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 03, 2024 Airtel Africa Plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 03, 2024. Location: first floor, 53 54 grosvenor street, w1k 3hu, london United Kingdom Reported Earnings • May 15
Full year 2024 earnings released: US$0.044 loss per share (vs US$0.18 profit in FY 2023) Full year 2024 results: US$0.044 loss per share (down from US$0.18 profit in FY 2023). Revenue: US$5.00b (down 5.1% from FY 2023). Net loss: US$165.0m (down 125% from profit in FY 2023). Revenue is forecast to grow 9.7% p.a. on average during the next 3 years, compared to a 4.4% growth forecast for the Global Wireless Telecom industry. Aankondiging • Mar 01
Airtel Africa Plc (LSE:AAF) announces an Equity Buyback for $100 million worth of its shares. Airtel Africa Plc (LSE:AAF) announces a share repurchase program. Under the program, the company will repurchase up to $100 million worth of its shares. The purpose of the program is to reduce the capital of the Company. All shares purchased under the program will be cancelled. The program is valid for 12 months. 
