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Airtel Africa Q1 2026 earnings summary

Complete event summary combining all related documents: earnings call transcript, report, and slide presentation.
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Q1 2026 earnings summary24 Jul, 2025

Executive summary

  • Revenue rose to $1.4 billion, up 24.9% in constant currency and 22.4% in reported currency, with EBITDA up nearly 33% to $679 million and margin expanding to 48%.

  • Customer base grew 9% to 169.4 million, with data customers up 17.4% to 75.6 million and smartphone penetration at 45.9%.

  • Mobile money customers increased 16.1% to 45.8 million, with annualized transaction value up 35% to $162 billion.

  • Profit after tax surged to $156 million from $31 million, reflecting improved operating profit and favorable FX movements.

  • Growth driven by focused strategy, digital innovation, and stable macro environment.

Financial highlights

  • Revenue: $1.4 billion (+24.9% constant currency, +22.4% reported year-over-year).

  • EBITDA: $679 million (+32.7% constant currency, +29.8% reported), margin 48%.

  • Profit after tax: $156 million (+408.1%).

  • Basic EPS: 3.4¢ vs 0.2¢ prior year (+1832.3%).

  • Net cash from operating activities: $568 million (+37.4%).

Outlook and guidance

  • CapEx guidance for the year reiterated at $725–$750 million, with investments supporting growth and shareholder returns.

  • Focus on network investment, customer experience, and expanding digital and financial services.

  • Confident in continued growth across all regions, underpinned by low smartphone penetration and large unbanked population.

  • Mobile money IPO targeted for mid-2026, with listing venue under evaluation.

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Airtel Africa Plc provides telecommunication and mobile money services to customers throughout the continent of Africa. Airtel operates in 16 countries in the region, with major subsidiaries in Ghana and Nigeria. Through the provision of services to customers throughout its geographic region. The company's products and services include wireless communications, fixed-line telephones, broadband, Internet Protocol television, international and domestic roaming, data connectivity, unified communication services, and voice over internet protocol. It also offers value added services consisting of initiatives in the areas of music sales, music downloads and distribution, automated billing solutions for mobile phones, IP applications, advertising sales, digital TV set top boxes sales, IPTV set top boxes sales, video on demand and social media and email solutions among others. Airtel Africa Plc is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

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