6th Feb 2026 07:00
Airtel Africa plc
('Airtel Africa', or the 'Company')
Transaction in Own Shares
London and Lagos, 06 February 2026: Airtel Africa announces today it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of USD 0.50 each from Barclays Capital Securities Limited pursuant to the authority granted by its shareholders as part of its share buy-back programme, details of which were announced on 22 September 2025.
Aggregate information:
Date of purchase | 05 February 2026 |
Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased: | 125,000 |
Lowest price paid per share (GBp): | 318.20p |
Highest price paid per share (GBp): | 325.60p |
Volume weighted average price paid (GBp): | 321.55p |
The purchased ordinary shares will be held in treasury by the Company.
Following the purchase of these ordinary shares, the remaining ordinary shares of USD 0.50 each in issue will be 3,654,881,028, including 8,339,044 treasury shares. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 3,646,541,984. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
The purchases were made pursuant to the revised arrangements entered into with Barclays Capital Securities Limited announced on 22 September 2025.
Aggregate information on shares purchased according to trading venues:
Venue | Volume-weighted average price | Aggregated volume | Lowest price per share | Highest price per share |
London Stock Exchange | 321.59 | 91,618 | 318.40 | 325.60 |
BATS Europe | 321.25 | 17,929 | 318.80 | 325.60 |
CHI-X Europe | 321.76 | 5,330 | 318.20 | 324.80 |
Aquis Exchange | 321.93 | 6,545 | 318.80 | 325.60 |
Turquoise | 320.91 | 3,578 | 318.80 | 322.20 |
Since the commencement of the first tranche of the $100m share buy-back programme announced on 23 December 2024, the Company has purchased 42,774,720 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of 160.3411 GBp per ordinary share.
The table below contains detailed information of the individual trades made by Barclays Capital Securities Limited as part of the buy-back programme.
Individual transactions:
Transaction Date | Time | Volume | Currency | Price | Trading Venue | Transaction Reference |
05/02/2026 | 08:02:01 | 1178 | GBp | 320.8000 | AQXE | 592095088303191000 |
05/02/2026 | 08:02:01 | 2 | GBp | 320.8000 | CHIX | 606168840867211000 |
05/02/2026 | 08:02:01 | 681 | GBp | 320.8000 | CHIX | 606168840867211000 |
05/02/2026 | 08:06:37 | 777 | GBp | 319.0000 | XLON | 592095088303363000 |
05/02/2026 | 08:07:32 | 727 | GBp | 318.2000 | CHIX | 606168840867405000 |
05/02/2026 | 08:13:40 | 669 | GBp | 319.0000 | XLON | 606168840867585000 |
05/02/2026 | 08:15:02 | 474 | GBp | 319.0000 | XLON | 606168840867624000 |
05/02/2026 | 08:16:08 | 378 | GBp | 318.8000 | XLON | 606168840867656000 |
05/02/2026 | 08:16:08 | 841 | GBp | 318.8000 | XLON | 606168840867656000 |
05/02/2026 | 08:22:17 | 532 | GBp | 320.0000 | XLON | 592095088303791000 |
05/02/2026 | 08:22:17 | 946 | GBp | 320.0000 | XLON | 592095088303791000 |
05/02/2026 | 08:25:56 | 955 | GBp | 320.4000 | XLON | 592095088303867000 |
05/02/2026 | 08:37:26 | 2417 | GBp | 322.0000 | XLON | 606168840868095000 |
05/02/2026 | 08:37:26 | 54 | GBp | 322.0000 | XLON | 606168840868095000 |
05/02/2026 | 08:43:31 | 297 | GBp | 322.2000 | XLON | 592095088304246000 |
05/02/2026 | 08:43:31 | 1517 | GBp | 322.2000 | XLON | 592095088304246000 |
05/02/2026 | 08:50:48 | 1011 | GBp | 321.8000 | XLON | 592095088304387000 |
05/02/2026 | 08:55:02 | 946 | GBp | 320.8000 | XLON | 606168840868424000 |
05/02/2026 | 09:02:03 | 924 | GBp | 321.6000 | XLON | 606168840868557000 |
05/02/2026 | 09:10:03 | 806 | GBp | 321.0000 | XLON | 592095088304772000 |
05/02/2026 | 09:10:23 | 421 | GBp | 321.0000 | XLON | 592095088304778000 |
05/02/2026 | 09:10:23 | 607 | GBp | 321.0000 | XLON | 592095088304778000 |
05/02/2026 | 09:19:12 | 187 | GBp | 320.0000 | XLON | 606168840868870000 |
05/02/2026 | 09:20:56 | 674 | GBp | 320.0000 | XLON | 606168840868905000 |
05/02/2026 | 09:21:07 | 390 | GBp | 320.0000 | XLON | 606168840868909000 |
05/02/2026 | 09:39:19 | 1813 | GBp | 320.8000 | XLON | 592095088305332000 |
05/02/2026 | 09:39:20 | 808 | GBp | 320.6000 | XLON | 606168840869232000 |
05/02/2026 | 09:42:38 | 808 | GBp | 320.0000 | BATE | 606168840869287000 |
05/02/2026 | 09:55:39 | 298 | GBp | 320.4000 | XLON | 606168840869515000 |
05/02/2026 | 09:56:12 | 520 | GBp | 320.4000 | XLON | 606168840869524000 |
05/02/2026 | 09:57:03 | 1105 | GBp | 320.2000 | XLON | 606168840869540000 |
05/02/2026 | 09:57:13 | 367 | GBp | 320.0000 | XLON | 606168840869543000 |
05/02/2026 | 09:58:26 | 421 | GBp | 320.0000 | XLON | 606168840869563000 |
05/02/2026 | 10:16:33 | 194 | GBp | 320.4000 | XLON | 606168840869898000 |
05/02/2026 | 10:18:15 | 1016 | GBp | 320.4000 | XLON | 606168840869930000 |
05/02/2026 | 10:18:15 | 744 | GBp | 320.4000 | XLON | 606168840869930000 |
05/02/2026 | 10:18:17 | 1020 | GBp | 320.2000 | BATE | 592095088306078000 |
05/02/2026 | 10:18:40 | 83 | GBp | 320.2000 | BATE | 592095088306086000 |
05/02/2026 | 10:39:21 | 898 | GBp | 321.4000 | TRQX | 606168840870311000 |
05/02/2026 | 10:39:26 | 736 | GBp | 321.0000 | TRQX | 592095088306483000 |
05/02/2026 | 10:40:04 | 578 | GBp | 321.0000 | TRQX | 592095088306495000 |
05/02/2026 | 10:40:04 | 779 | GBp | 321.0000 | AQXE | 606168840870324000 |
05/02/2026 | 10:46:42 | 967 | GBp | 322.2000 | CHIX | 592095088306624000 |
05/02/2026 | 10:55:02 | 109 | GBp | 322.0000 | XLON | 592095088306775000 |
05/02/2026 | 10:55:24 | 1117 | GBp | 322.0000 | XLON | 592095088306782000 |
05/02/2026 | 11:02:08 | 1023 | GBp | 321.6000 | XLON | 606168840870719000 |
05/02/2026 | 11:13:45 | 1624 | GBp | 320.6000 | XLON | 606168840870915000 |
05/02/2026 | 11:18:45 | 698 | GBp | 320.6000 | XLON | 606168840870999000 |
05/02/2026 | 11:27:15 | 168 | GBp | 321.0000 | XLON | 606168840871133000 |
05/02/2026 | 11:27:15 | 828 | GBp | 321.0000 | XLON | 606168840871133000 |
05/02/2026 | 11:32:01 | 163 | GBp | 320.8000 | XLON | 606168840871205000 |
05/02/2026 | 11:32:34 | 1030 | GBp | 320.8000 | XLON | 606168840871214000 |
05/02/2026 | 11:51:01 | 1714 | GBp | 322.2000 | BATE | 606168840871505000 |
05/02/2026 | 11:51:06 | 515 | GBp | 322.2000 | BATE | 606168840871507000 |
05/02/2026 | 11:51:08 | 11 | GBp | 322.2000 | BATE | 606168840871507000 |
05/02/2026 | 12:03:41 | 727 | GBp | 323.0000 | BATE | 606168840871713000 |
05/02/2026 | 12:06:22 | 768 | GBp | 323.2000 | XLON | 592095088308025000 |
05/02/2026 | 12:09:09 | 1697 | GBp | 323.6000 | XLON | 606168840871799000 |
05/02/2026 | 12:15:43 | 1253 | GBp | 323.2000 | XLON | 592095088308183000 |
05/02/2026 | 12:22:54 | 1041 | GBp | 322.0000 | XLON | 606168840872022000 |
05/02/2026 | 12:32:07 | 255 | GBp | 321.8000 | XLON | 592095088308459000 |
05/02/2026 | 12:32:12 | 666 | GBp | 321.8000 | XLON | 592095088308462000 |
05/02/2026 | 12:32:12 | 27 | GBp | 321.8000 | XLON | 592095088308462000 |
05/02/2026 | 12:32:58 | 212 | GBp | 321.6000 | XLON | 606168840872177000 |
05/02/2026 | 12:35:26 | 354 | GBp | 321.6000 | XLON | 606168840872217000 |
05/02/2026 | 12:35:37 | 171 | GBp | 321.6000 | XLON | 606168840872220000 |
05/02/2026 | 12:46:23 | 1893 | GBp | 321.2000 | XLON | 606168840872403000 |
05/02/2026 | 12:52:15 | 878 | GBp | 321.0000 | BATE | 592095088308831000 |
05/02/2026 | 13:04:36 | 261 | GBp | 321.6000 | XLON | 592095088309057000 |
05/02/2026 | 13:04:53 | 5 | GBp | 321.6000 | XLON | 592095088309062000 |
05/02/2026 | 13:05:14 | 551 | GBp | 321.6000 | XLON | 592095088309069000 |
05/02/2026 | 13:07:13 | 937 | GBp | 321.0000 | XLON | 606168840872768000 |
05/02/2026 | 13:19:48 | 824 | GBp | 321.2000 | XLON | 592095088309310000 |
05/02/2026 | 13:19:48 | 1128 | GBp | 321.0000 | XLON | 606168840872963000 |
05/02/2026 | 13:30:45 | 906 | GBp | 320.6000 | XLON | 592095088309492000 |
05/02/2026 | 13:30:45 | 742 | GBp | 320.6000 | BATE | 606168840873136000 |
05/02/2026 | 13:30:45 | 742 | GBp | 320.6000 | XLON | 606168840873136000 |
05/02/2026 | 13:38:24 | 1880 | GBp | 321.6000 | XLON | 606168840873272000 |
05/02/2026 | 13:44:39 | 1250 | GBp | 320.6000 | XLON | 592095088309770000 |
05/02/2026 | 13:50:55 | 1262 | GBp | 319.8000 | XLON | 606168840873530000 |
05/02/2026 | 13:57:24 | 1249 | GBp | 319.8000 | XLON | 592095088310081000 |
05/02/2026 | 14:00:10 | 48 | GBp | 319.2000 | XLON | 592095088310154000 |
05/02/2026 | 14:00:44 | 1205 | GBp | 319.2000 | XLON | 592095088310175000 |
05/02/2026 | 14:12:45 | 1332 | GBp | 319.0000 | BATE | 592095088310491000 |
05/02/2026 | 14:13:21 | 655 | GBp | 318.8000 | BATE | 606168840874097000 |
05/02/2026 | 14:13:21 | 825 | GBp | 318.8000 | BATE | 606168840874097000 |
05/02/2026 | 14:15:53 | 317 | GBp | 318.4000 | XLON | 592095088310572000 |
05/02/2026 | 14:26:56 | 683 | GBp | 318.8000 | TRQX | 592095088310875000 |
05/02/2026 | 14:26:56 | 683 | GBp | 318.8000 | AQXE | 606168840874447000 |
05/02/2026 | 14:26:56 | 1958 | GBp | 318.8000 | XLON | 606168840874447000 |
05/02/2026 | 14:26:56 | 539 | GBp | 318.8000 | AQXE | 592095088310875000 |
05/02/2026 | 14:27:08 | 4 | GBp | 318.8000 | AQXE | 592095088310881000 |
05/02/2026 | 14:33:24 | 1064 | GBp | 319.4000 | BATE | 592095088311117000 |
05/02/2026 | 14:33:24 | 2408 | GBp | 319.4000 | XLON | 606168840874679000 |
05/02/2026 | 14:37:05 | 1707 | GBp | 321.2000 | CHIX | 592095088311255000 |
05/02/2026 | 14:40:04 | 1946 | GBp | 323.0000 | XLON | 606168840874930000 |
05/02/2026 | 14:46:51 | 735 | GBp | 325.6000 | XLON | 592095088311688000 |
05/02/2026 | 14:47:53 | 683 | GBp | 325.6000 | BATE | 592095088311732000 |
05/02/2026 | 14:47:53 | 683 | GBp | 325.6000 | AQXE | 606168840875269000 |
05/02/2026 | 14:47:53 | 687 | GBp | 325.6000 | AQXE | 606168840875269000 |
05/02/2026 | 14:47:53 | 1687 | GBp | 325.6000 | XLON | 606168840875269000 |
05/02/2026 | 14:54:45 | 779 | GBp | 324.8000 | XLON | 592095088311985000 |
05/02/2026 | 14:54:45 | 1246 | GBp | 324.8000 | CHIX | 606168840875512000 |
05/02/2026 | 14:57:17 | 376 | GBp | 324.4000 | XLON | 592095088312084000 |
05/02/2026 | 14:57:17 | 887 | GBp | 324.4000 | XLON | 592095088312084000 |
05/02/2026 | 15:00:29 | 1248 | GBp | 323.8000 | XLON | 606168840875743000 |
05/02/2026 | 15:03:27 | 1243 | GBp | 323.2000 | XLON | 606168840875861000 |
05/02/2026 | 15:05:03 | 1495 | GBp | 323.0000 | XLON | 606168840875912000 |
05/02/2026 | 15:10:08 | 458 | GBp | 323.0000 | XLON | 592095088312602000 |
05/02/2026 | 15:10:08 | 290 | GBp | 323.0000 | XLON | 592095088312602000 |
05/02/2026 | 15:10:08 | 683 | GBp | 323.0000 | XLON | 592095088312602000 |
05/02/2026 | 15:10:08 | 849 | GBp | 323.0000 | AQXE | 606168840876101000 |
05/02/2026 | 15:12:59 | 1359 | GBp | 322.4000 | XLON | 606168840876191000 |
05/02/2026 | 15:17:06 | 1246 | GBp | 322.4000 | BATE | 606168840876336000 |
05/02/2026 | 15:20:33 | 683 | GBp | 322.2000 | BATE | 592095088312971000 |
05/02/2026 | 15:20:33 | 899 | GBp | 322.2000 | XLON | 606168840876456000 |
05/02/2026 | 15:25:52 | 302 | GBp | 322.4000 | XLON | 592095088313156000 |
05/02/2026 | 15:25:52 | 1653 | GBp | 322.4000 | XLON | 592095088313156000 |
05/02/2026 | 15:26:58 | 800 | GBp | 321.8000 | XLON | 592095088313193000 |
05/02/2026 | 15:29:36 | 1247 | GBp | 321.2000 | XLON | 606168840876755000 |
05/02/2026 | 15:32:52 | 1249 | GBp | 321.2000 | XLON | 592095088313394000 |
05/02/2026 | 15:38:51 | 535 | GBp | 322.6000 | XLON | 606168840877035000 |
05/02/2026 | 15:39:48 | 514 | GBp | 322.6000 | XLON | 606168840877069000 |
05/02/2026 | 15:42:25 | 1058 | GBp | 322.8000 | XLON | 606168840877147000 |
05/02/2026 | 15:42:25 | 569 | GBp | 322.8000 | XLON | 606168840877147000 |
05/02/2026 | 15:42:25 | 1643 | GBp | 322.8000 | XLON | 606168840877147000 |
05/02/2026 | 15:45:56 | 733 | GBp | 322.8000 | XLON | 592095088313802000 |
05/02/2026 | 15:45:57 | 1258 | GBp | 322.6000 | XLON | 592095088313803000 |
05/02/2026 | 15:51:04 | 312 | GBp | 322.0000 | BATE | 592095088313972000 |
05/02/2026 | 15:52:11 | 375 | GBp | 322.0000 | BATE | 592095088314007000 |
05/02/2026 | 15:54:51 | 1391 | GBp | 322.2000 | XLON | 592095088314093000 |
05/02/2026 | 15:54:51 | 199 | GBp | 322.2000 | BATE | 606168840877527000 |
05/02/2026 | 15:54:51 | 484 | GBp | 322.2000 | BATE | 606168840877527000 |
05/02/2026 | 15:54:51 | 696 | GBp | 322.2000 | BATE | 606168840877527000 |
05/02/2026 | 15:59:29 | 794 | GBp | 322.2000 | XLON | 606168840877663000 |
05/02/2026 | 16:01:21 | 1126 | GBp | 322.2000 | XLON | 606168840877729000 |
05/02/2026 | 16:01:21 | 792 | GBp | 322.2000 | XLON | 606168840877729000 |
05/02/2026 | 16:01:21 | 1107 | GBp | 322.2000 | XLON | 606168840877729000 |
05/02/2026 | 16:01:21 | 395 | GBp | 322.2000 | XLON | 606168840877729000 |
05/02/2026 | 16:01:21 | 683 | GBp | 322.2000 | TRQX | 592095088314305000 |
05/02/2026 | 16:05:38 | 704 | GBp | 322.0000 | XLON | 592095088314434000 |
05/02/2026 | 16:05:55 | 1259 | GBp | 321.8000 | BATE | 606168840877861000 |
05/02/2026 | 16:12:12 | 2271 | GBp | 322.0000 | XLON | 592095088314670000 |
05/02/2026 | 16:14:45 | 776 | GBp | 322.0000 | XLON | 592095088314759000 |
05/02/2026 | 16:14:45 | 683 | GBp | 322.0000 | AQXE | 606168840878165000 |
05/02/2026 | 16:14:45 | 750 | GBp | 322.0000 | XLON | 606168840878165000 |
05/02/2026 | 16:14:45 | 935 | GBp | 321.8000 | BATE | 606168840878165000 |
05/02/2026 | 16:14:45 | 460 | GBp | 321.8000 | AQXE | 606168840878165000 |
05/02/2026 | 16:17:48 | 683 | GBp | 321.2000 | BATE | 606168840878276000 |
05/02/2026 | 16:17:48 | 729 | GBp | 321.2000 | XLON | 592095088314875000 |
Enquiries
Airtel Africa - Investor Relations Alastair Jones |
+44 7464 830 011 +44 207 493 9315 |
Airtel Africa - Group Company Secretary Simon O'Hara
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+44 207 493 9315
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About Airtel Africa
Airtel Africa is a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services, with operations in 14 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Airtel Africa provides an integrated offer to its subscribers, including mobile voice and data services as well as mobile money services both nationally and internationally. The company's strategy is focused on providing a great customer experience across the entire footprint, enabling our corporate purpose of transforming lives across Africa.
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