Post-tax-profit for Airtel Africa more than doubled to $586 million in the nine-month period to December 31, 2025, up from $248 million in the prior period.
In a statement, the Airtel Malawi parent company says the higher profit-after-tax was driven by higher operating profit and derivative and foreign exchange gains of $99 million, compared to $153 million derivative and foreign exchange losses in the prior period.
The group’s revenue rose by 28.3 percent to $4.67bn (24.6 percent constant currency).
Its revenues of $4,667 million increased by 24.6 percent in constant currency and 28.3 percent in reported currency as currency appreciation supported the strong underlying fundamentals of the business.
The firm says its mobile services revenue grew by 23.3 percent in constant currency.
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Data revenues, the largest contributor to the group revenues, increased 36.5 percent with voice revenues growing by 13.5 percent.
Mobile money revenues continue to benefit from the strong operating momentum to deliver 29.4 percent growth in constant currency.
It says the company’s customer-centric strategy continues to underpin strong operating momentum, with increased network investment, digitisation and innovative new partnerships, demonstrating tangible progress in delivering our strategic priorities.
Its total customer base increased by 10 percent to 179.4 million, with data customers of 81.8 million, growing 14.6 percent.
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The first milestone saw the business exceed 50 million subscribers, reaching 52.0 million customers up 17.3 percent.
In the statement, Airtel Africa Chief Executive Officer Sunil Taldar says the results highlight the strength of their strategy, with strong operating and financial trends across the business.
“Our push to enhance financial inclusion across the continent continues to gain momentum with our Mobile Money customer base expanding to 52 million, surpassing the 50 million milestones.
“Annualised total processed value of over $210bn in Q3 ‘26 underscores the depth of our merchants, agents and partner ecosystem, and remains a key player in driving improved access to financial services across Africa. We remain on track for the listing of Airtel Money in the first half of 2026,” he says.
