IN BRIEF: Bharti family buys 8 million Airtel Africa shares last month
Airtel Africa PLC - telecommunications and mobile money services provider in 14 countries in Africa - Shravin Bharti Mittal buys 1.2 million shares via Indian Continent Investment Ltd at GBP0.99, worth GBP1.2 million, on Monday and Tuesday last week. Airtel is majority-owned by Bharti Airtel PLC, an Indian multinational firm and subsidiary of Bharti Global PLC. Bharti Global is the investment arm of the Bharti family and also owns Mauritius-based private equity firm Indian Continent. Mittal is Bharti Global's managing director. The latest purchases bring Indian Continent's total share purchases last month to above 8 million. Read More