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Annual Report and Accounts 2026

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Airtel Africa plc

Annual Report and Accounts 2026

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  • Strategic report Strategic report
    • Strategic report
    • Airtel Africa at a glance
    • Market environment and investment proposition
    • Business model
    • Chair’s statement
    • Chief executive officer’s review
    • Our strategy
    • Strategy in action Strategy in action
      • Strategy in action
      • Customer experience
      • Airtel Money
    • Our key performance indicators
    • Business review Business review
      • Business review
      • Markets and performance
      • Mobile services
      • Nigeria – mobile services
      • East Africa – mobile services
      • Francophone Africa – mobile services
      • Mobile money
    • CFO's introduction and financial review
    • Managing our risk
    • Principal risks and mitigation
    • Our sustainability strategy
    • TCFD and other disclosures TCFD and other disclosures
      • TCFD and other disclosures
      • TCFD and other disclosures
      • Non-financial and sustainability information statement
      • Section 172 disclosures index
      • Our long-term viability statement
  • Governance report Governance report
    • Governance report
    • Chair’s introduction to the Governance report
    • Our leadership Our leadership
      • Our leadership
      • The Board at a glance
      • Our Board of directors
      • Our Executive Committee
    • Corporate governance Corporate governance
      • Corporate governance
      • Highlights of the year
      • Our governance structures
      • The Board’s focus in 2025/26
    • Our compliance with the UK Corporate Governance Code
    • Engaging with our stakeholders Engaging with our stakeholders
      • Engaging with our stakeholders
      • Section 172 statement
      • How we engage with our stakeholders
    • Audit and Risk Committee report Audit and Risk Committee report
      • Audit and Risk Committee report
      • Committee chair’s statement
      • Committee governance
      • Part 1: Our work during the year
      • Part 2: Accounting and financial reporting issues
      • Part 3: Risk management and internal controls
      • Part 4: Sustainability risk and reporting
      • Part 5: External auditors
      • Part 6: Audit tender
    • Nominations Committee report Nominations Committee report
      • Nominations Committee report
      • Committee chair’s statement
      • Committee report
      • Diversity and inclusion
    • Directors’ remuneration report Directors’ remuneration report
      • Directors’ remuneration report
      • Part 1: Chair’s introduction
      • Part 2: Directors’ remuneration policy
      • Part 3: Our annual report on remuneration
    • Directors’ report
    • Directors’ responsibilities statement
  • Financial statements Financial statements
    • Financial statements
    • Independent Auditor’s report to the Members of Airtel Africa plc
    • Limited assurance report on financial controls
    • Consolidated statement of comprehensive income
    • Consolidated statement of financial position
    • Consolidated statement of changes in equity
    • Consolidated statement of cash flows
    • Notes to consolidated financial statements Notes to consolidated financial statements
      • Notes to consolidated financial statements
      • 1. Corporate information
      • 2. Summary of material accounting policies
      • 3. Critical accounting estimates, assumptions and judgement
      • 4. New accounting pronouncements to be adopted on or after 1 April 2026
      • 5. Significant transactions/new developments
      • 6. Revenue
      • 7. Employee benefit expense
      • 8. Other operating expenses
      • 9. Depreciation and amortisation
      • 10. Finance costs and income
      • 11. Hyperinflation
      • 12. Exceptional items
      • 13. Income tax
      • 14. Earnings per share (EPS)
      • 15. Property, plant and equipment (PPE)
      • 16. Intangible assets
      • 17. Derivative financial instruments
      • 18. Other non-financial assets
      • 19. Trade receivables
      • 20. Cash and bank balances
      • 21. Balance held under mobile money trust
      • 22. Financial assets – others
      • 23. Borrowings
      • 24. Financial liabilities – others
      • 25. Other non-financial liabilities
      • 26. Employee benefit obligations
      • 27. Provisions
      • 28. Share capital
      • 29. Other equity
      • 30. Investments in subsidiaries
      • 31. Contingent liabilities and commitments
      • 32. Leases
      • 33. Related party disclosure
      • 34. Financial risk management
      • 35. Fair value of financial assets and liabilities
      • 36. Companies in the Group, associate and joint venture
      • 37. Subsidiaries exempt from audit
      • 38. Events after the balance sheet date
    • Company only statement of financial position
    • Company only statements of changes in equity
    • Notes to company only financial statements Notes to company only financial statements
      • Notes to company only financial statements
      • 1. Summary of significant accounting policies
      • 2. Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
      • 3. Employee expenses
      • 4. Investment in subsidiary undertakings
      • 5. Loans receivables
      • 6. Cash and bank balances
      • 7. Trade and other payables
      • 8. Share capital
      • 9. Related party disclosure
      • 10. Guarantees
      • 11. Events after the balance sheet date
  • Other information Other information
    • Other information
    • Alternative performance measures (APMs)
    • Forward-looking statements
    • Glossary and technical and industry terms
    • General shareholders’ information
    • Auditor’s ESEF assurance statement
    • Digital-first reporting
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  • Strategic report

    Strategic report
  • Governance report

    Governance report
  • Financial statements

    Financial statements
  • Other information

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Other information

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Annika Poutiainen smiling while in conversation
Awuneba Ajumogobia (née Iketubosin) in conversation with Tsega Gebreyes
Ian Ferrao reading while sat at a desk

In this section

    1. Alternative performance measures (APMs)
    2. Forward-looking statements
    3. Glossary and technical and industry terms
    4. General shareholders’ information
    5. Auditor’s ESEF assurance statement
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