Airtel Africa Plc (AAF) Q3 2025 Earnings Call

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Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Airtel Africa 9-month 2025 results update. 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. Thank you. Good evening, good morning to everyone, and welcome. Thank you for joining us on today's call. I'm joined on the line by our CFO, Jaideep Paul, and Kamal Dua, our Deputy CFO, who, as you will have seen from our previous announcements, will be taking over from Jaideep as CFO later this year. 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 our performance over the last nine months, and in particular over the last quarter. Over the last few years, there has been continued volatility in the macro environment, but more recently, we've seen some signs of stabilization, which is encouraging. However, throughout the volatility, demand for our services has been sustained, which really reflects the strong underlying demand across our markets. The ability to provide these critical services, despite the tough macroeconomic environment, is testament to our focused strategy and resilient business model. The strategy we have adopted has continued to serve increased digital and financial inclusion. Smartphone penetration has increased over 5 percentage points over the year, and the 18% growth in our mobile money customer base to over 44 million reflects our focused on providing a wide range of fi...