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Request for changes to Airtel Africa page
We work with Airtel Africa to support on corporate communications. We have some suggested changes below.

Infobox Company: Headquarters: Replace "Delhi, India" with "London, United Kingdom" as per listed address on the London Stock Exchange (source: https://www.londonstockexchange.com/stock/AAF/airtel-africa-plc/our-story?lang=en) Services: Replace "Africa's leading provider of prepaid, postpaid mobile, & 4G services" with "Africa's leading provider of prepaid, postpaid mobile & 4G services, and mobile money"ARHS2021 (talk) 17:06, 10 March 2021 (UTC)Airtel Money is a key part of Airtel Africa's business model and is listen on its company overview page, serving 14.2m customers (source: https://airtel.africa/about_us?tab=company-overview). Subsidiaries: Delete AirtelTigo Ghana from subsidiariesARHS2021 (talk) 17:06, 10 March 2021 (UTC)AirtelTigo Ghana was sold in October 2020 to the Ghanaian government (source: https://www.capacitymedia.com/articles/3826793/ghanaian-government-buys-airteltigo-for-25-million)

First paragraph of main article:

First sentence, replace "Airtel Africa plc is an Anglo-Indian provider of telecommunications and mobile money services..." to "Airtel Africa plc is a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel and a provider of telecommunications and mobile money services..." Third sentence, replace "It has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE250 Index" to "It has a dual-listing on the Nigeria Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange, where it is a constituent of the FTSE250 Index"ARHS2021 (talk) 17:06, 10 March 2021 (UTC)This should be updated to reflect that it is dual-listed as per the "Traded As" section of the key information box.

Countries of operation: Sentence before table, replace "Airtel operates in the following countries in Africa:" to "Airtel Africa operates in the following countries"ARHS2021 (talk) 17:06, 10 March 2021 (UTC)Airtel is a different company and this list specifically refers to Airtel Africa In the table, remove "Ghana" as a rowARHS2021 (talk) 17:06, 10 March 2021 (UTC)As per the above, AirtelTigo Ghana was sold in October 2020 to the Ghanaian government.

One Network: In the first sentence, replace "One Network is a mobile phone network that allows Airtel customers to use the service" with "One Network is a mobile phone network that allows customers of the broader Airtel group to use the service"ARHS2021 (talk)This should be updated so it more explicitly describes that this is as part of the broader group rather than just intercontinental. Remove "Ghana" in the third sentence, as per explanations above. Caption under the map, replace "airtel" with "Airtel"ARHS2021 (talk) 17:06, 10 March 2021 (UTC)lowercase A should be updated in line with name of the company.

See also: Add "Bharti Airtel" (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharti_Airtel)ARHS2021 (talk) 17:06, 10 March 2021 (UTC)Airtel Africa is a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel


 * I've done most of the changes you requested.  Eric food  (talk &#124; contribs) 19:13, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

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Request for changes to Airtel Africa page
We work with Airtel Africa to support on corporate communications. We have some suggested changes below.

Infobox Company:

Industry: Add “Mobile Money” under “Telecommunication” (source: https://www.theafricareport.com/175661/airtel-africa-mobile-money-prospects-may-extend-ftse-100-entry-rally/)

Products: Replace “Mobile Telephony” and “Mobile phone” with “Mobile Telephony”; Add: “Mobile Money” (source: https://www.londonstockexchange.com/stock/AAF/airtel-africa-plc/company-page)

Company Overview:

Replace Revenue: “$3.9 billion” with 2022 figure: “$4.7 billion” (source: https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/AAF/full-year-results/15446378 )

Replace operating income: “$1.1 billion” with 2022 figure: “$1.5 billion” (source: https://airtel.africa/assets/pdf/FY-2022/Press-release-FY-2022.pdf )

First paragraph of main article:

Add: “Airtel Africa partnered with UNICEF to scale-up digital learning for children across 13 African countries as part of the global Reimagine Education initiative launched by UNICEF in 2020. Airtel Africa was the first African private sector partner to make a multi-million dollar commitment to the initiative.” (source: https://www.capacitymedia.com/articles/3830032/airtel-africa-signs-57m-digital-learning-partnership-with-unicef#:~:text=Airtel%20Africa%20and%20UNICEF%20have,children%20across%2013%20African%20countries.&text=It%20will%20benefit%20children%20in,%2C%20Tanzania%2C%20Uganda%20and%20Zambia)

Add: “Airtel Africa is aligned to 6 of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 4: Quality education, SDG 5: Gender equality, SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth, SDG 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure, SDG 10: Reduced inequalities, and SDG 12: Responsible consumption and production”. (Source: https://www.telemediaonline.co.uk/airtel-africa-launches-its-long-term-sustainability-strategy-building-on-its-corporate-purpose-to-transform-lives/)

History

Remove “MTN Group Merger negotiations” because the deal was sought by Bharti Airtel; (source: https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/06/business/worldbusiness/06cell.html). The negotiation was confirmed not to have happened in 2009 between Bharti Airtel and MTN (source: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/telecom/bharti-airtel-mtn-24-billion-deal-called-off/articleshow/5074181.cms?from=mdr)

Replace “Zain Africa acquisition” with “Bharti Airtel acquisition of the Zain Group” (source: https://www.thehindu.com/business/companies/Bharti-Airtel-completes-Zain-acquisition/article16241933.ece)

Under “Bharti Airtel acquisition of the Zain Group”, add “Bharti”: “…making Bharti Airtel the world’s fifth largest wireless carrier by subscriber base.” (source: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/telecom/africa-deal-makes-bharti-worlds-5th-largest-telecom-firm/articleshow/6023943.cms?from=mdr)

Move “Telecom Seychelles acquisition” underneath “Bharti Airtel acquisition of the Zain Group” to follow chronological timeline. (source: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/telecom/bharti-airtel-to-buy-telecom-seychelles-for-rs-288-crore/articleshow/6291986.cms?from=mdr)

Replace “Telecom Seychelles acquisition” with “Bharti Airtel acquisition of Telecom Seychelles” (source: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/telecom/bharti-airtel-to-buy-telecom-seychelles-for-rs-288-crore/articleshow/6291986.cms?from=mdr ).

Under “Bharti Airtel acquisition of Telecom Seychelles”, add “The fiber optic submarine cable was laid and launched in May 2012.” (source: https://www.balancingact-africa.com/news/telecoms_en/24866/seychelles-now-connected-by-fiber-optic-underwater-cable-from-tanzania )

Replace “Warid Uganda Acquisition” with “Bharti Airtel acquisition of Warid Telecom Uganda” (source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201304250328.html)

Under “Bharti Airtel acquisition of Warid Telecom Uganda”, add “In September 2013, Bharti Airtel expanded its operations in Uganda through the acquisition of Warid Telecom Uganda. (source: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/telecom/bharti-airtel-to-acquire-warid-telecom-uganda/articleshow/19702110.cms)

Under “Acquisition of Tigo Rwanda”, add “In January 2018, Bharti Airtel acquired Millicom’s Tigo Rwanda business. Following the acquisition, Tigo Rwanda existing customers joined Bharti Airtel’s network. (source: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/bharti-airtel-to-acquire-millicoms-operations-in-rwanda/article64280304.ece) before “The company operated as Airtel-Tigo following the merger… January 2020”. Under “IPO”, add “In July 2019, Airtel Africa listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in a $4.4 billion listing.” (source: https://www.reuters.com/article/nigeria-airtel-africa-listing-idUSL8N249241 )

Former operations:

Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone Replace all instances of “Airtel” with “Bharti Airtel” as this was the entity which operated there (source: https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/bharti-airtel-sells-burkina-sierra-leone-biz-to-orange-116011300126_1.html )

Ghana Replace all instances of “Airtel” with “Bharti Airtel” as this was the entity who operated there (source: https://www.reuters.com/article/urnidgns852573c400693880482576cb0007322f-idUS151558389120100215 )

Partial sale of Airtel Money Replace “The Arise Fund” with “The Rise Fund” (source: https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/detail?dockey=1323-14904342-0LVSGSMA4RLIEVIIN72BSGL75P ) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ameliacraddock (talk • contribs) 14:09, 31 May 2022 (UTC)