24 Jun 2026
Bharti Airtel completed the purchase of about 16.3% of Airtel Africa from promoter entity ICIL, lifting its effective stake in the UK-listed subsidiary to around 79%, and allotted 14.67 crore new shares at Rs 1,923 each to fund the roughly Rs 28,220 crore share swap.
Consolidating control of the Africa business simplifies the group structure and routes more of that unit's growth back to the listed Indian parent.