Airtel Africa, which has presence in 14 African coun-tries, Nigeria inclusive, on Tuesday launched its half 12 months monetary end result for the interval ended September 30, 2026, which confirmed data of 193.9 million custom-ers and 28 per cent information income development within the interval below assessment.
According to the monetary report, the telecoms com-pany’s whole buyer base continues to develop at 11.6 per cent, reaching 193.9 million clients, with a 15 per cent development in its information buyer base to 89.9 mil-lion.
The report added that demand for cell cash ser-vices remained sturdy, with cell cash clients growing by 22.4 per cent to 60.9 million.
It said, “The cell providers enterprise continued to develop at nearly 19 per cent in fixed forex as da-ta income development of 28 per cent continues to under-pin development. Mobile cash income development in fixed forex remained secure at 25.8 per cent.
“Continued execution against strategic priorities, alongside sustained investment, drove strong trends across all our regions.”
The firm said within the monetary report that in-crease in smartphone penetration to 51.6 per cent continued to drive the demand for information providers, re-sulting in increased smartphone information utilization per buyer of 13.3 GB, up from 10.1 GB within the prior interval. The in-crease in information utilization per buyer, along with con-tinued enhancements within the buyer expertise, drove fixed forex 1 information ARPU development of 10.7 per cent, demonstrating means to successfully monetise rising information demand.
Giving particulars of the buying and selling replace within the interval below assessment, Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Africa, Sunil Taldar, mentioned, “The current IPO of Airtel Money represents a big milestone for the Group. We retained our shareholding by the IPO and stay a long-term strategic shareholder, with important publicity to Airtel Money’s future development and worth creation.
“Over the first half, we have delivered another strong operating and financial performance, reflecting the depth of underlying demand across our markets and consistent execution of our strategy, with total customer growth remaining strong and stable at 11.6 per cent.”
Taldar added, “The investment case remains as com-pelling as ever, supported by favourable demographic and economic trends, strong demand for data and fi-nancial services, and smartphones on our network in-creasing to over 100 million, with substantial head-room for further adoption.”
However, Taldar mentioned rising gasoline prices continued to exert inflationary strain on the fee base.
He mentioned, “We delivered a file underlying EBITDA margin of fifty.4 per cent in Q2’27 by a mix of operational self-discipline, ongoing value effectivity programmes and continued scale advantages. Looking forward, margin efficiency will proceed to be influenced by the macroeconomic atmosphere, together with its influence on gasoline prices.
“Our confidence in the growth trajectory of the business and the significant long-term opportunity across our markets underpins our decision to accelerate investment.”
Emma Okonji
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