Airtel Africa’s group revenue rose by 29.5% in reported currency to $6.4 billion for the year ended March 31, 2026.
On a constant currency basis, revenue grew by 24.0%. The gap between reported and constant currency growth was largely attributed to currency appreciation in several African markets.
The company’s growth was led by Nigeria. In this market, constant currency revenue grew by 47.5%. East Africa and Francophone Africa recorded growth of 17.8% and 17.1% respectively.
In East Africa, revenue increased by 18.9% in reported currency to $2.19 billion and by 13.8% in constant currency. This growth was supported by both voice and data segments. Voice revenue rose by 12.5% and data revenue increased 18.0%.
Airtel Africa attributed the stronger reported currency growth in the region to appreciation of local currencies, including the Zambian kwacha, Ugandan shilling and Tanzanian shilling.
Data continues to be the key growth engine for the business. Group data revenue rose 35.2% in constant currency, supported by a 50% increase in data traffic and a growing smartphone base.
Smartphone users increased by 22% to 91 million. This pushed overall data usage per customer to 8.9GB per month. Usage in East Africa reached 8.0GB per customer per month.
Mobile money revenu rose by 28.4% in constant currency. The Airtel Money customer base grew by 21.3% to 54.1 million.
Airtel Africa’s total customer base rose by 10.5% to 183.5 million, marking its highest net additions to date. Data customers increased by 14.8% to 84.2 million.
The company rolled out over 3,250 new sites and extended its fibre network to nearly 82,000 kilometres. It also expanded its 4G and 5G footprint, with more than 2,200 sites now 5G-enabled across five markets.
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