Airtel Africa Plc (AAF) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:01.769 -- 00:00:06.936 Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Airtel Africa Q1 2026 00:00:06.936 -- 00:00:11.843 results call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. 00:00:11.843 -- 00:00:16.389 There will be an opportunity to ask questions later during the conference. 00:00:16.389 -- 00:00:20.674 If you should need assistance during the call, please signal an operator by pressing 00:00:20.674 -- 00:00:25.481 star then zero. Please note that this call is being recorded. 00:00:25.481 -- 00:00:28.545 I would now like to turn the conference over to Sunil Talda. 00:00:28.545 -- 00:00:31.126 Please go ahead, sir. 00:00:33.123 -- 00:00:38.249 Good afternoon, welcome and thank you for joining us on today's call. 00:00:38.249 -- 00:00:43.556 I'm joined on the line by our new CFO, Kamal Dua, who, as you know, has taken 00:00:43.556 -- 00:00:48.642 over following Jaideep's retirement after the AGM earlier this month. 00:00:48.642 -- 00:00:53.709 I want to welcome him to his new role and wish him well as we continue advancing a strategy 00:00:53.709 -- 00:00:56.532 and delivering value to our shareholders. 00:00:56.532 -- 00:01:01.743 Alistair Jones, our head of investor relations, also joins us on the call. 00:01:01.743 -- 00:01:06.070 We will shortly be answering your questions, but first I would like to provide you with 00:01:06.070 -- 00:01:10.578 a brief overview of the performance over the last quarter. 00:01:10.578 -- 00:01:15.526 I am pleased to report that we have continued to see strong growth across our markets, 00:01:15.526 -- 00:01:21.416 reflecting our focused strategy, disciplined execution and resilient business model. 00:01:21.416 -- 00:01:25.523 I believe the scale of opportunity across the footprint is best captured by th...