Airtel Africa Plc (AAF) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Airtel Africa Q1 2026 results call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. There will be an opportunity to ask questions later during the conference. If you should need assistance during the call, please signal an operator by pressing star then zero. Please note that this call is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Sunil Talda. Please go ahead, sir. Good afternoon, welcome and thank you for joining us on today's call. I'm joined on the line by our new CFO, Kamal Dua, who, as you know, has taken over following Jaideep's retirement after the AGM earlier this month. I want to welcome him to his new role and wish him well as we continue advancing a strategy and delivering value to our shareholders. Alistair Jones, our head of investor relations, also joins us on the call. We will shortly be answering your questions, but first I would like to provide you with a brief overview of the performance over the last quarter. I am pleased to report that we have continued to see strong growth across our markets, reflecting our focused strategy, disciplined execution and resilient business model. I believe the scale of opportunity across the footprint is best captured by the very strong and accelerating constant currency revenue growth of almost 25% and EBITDA growth of almost 33%. Importantly, we are very encouraged by more stable macro environment, which has resulted in strong reported currency performance. With this backdrop, it gives us increased confidence in enormous opportunity that is on offer, enabling us to advance digital and financial inclusion to support economic progress across our markets. Our strategy of providing a great customer experience is at the center of these results. ...