Airtel Africa Plc (AAF) Q3 2026 Earnings Call

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Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Airtel Africa 9-month 2026 results. All participants will be in a 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 event is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to Sunil Talda. Please go ahead, sir. Thank you very much. A very good morning. Good evening to all of you and thank you for joining on today's call. I'm joined on the line by Kamal Dua, our CFO and Alistair Jones, our head of investor relations. We will shortly be answering your questions, but first I would like to provide you with a brief overview of the recent performance at Airtel Africa. I think these results speak for themselves. We have continued to produce a strong operating and financial performance. with reported currency revenue growth of 28.3% and almost 36% growth in EBITDA over the last year. Constant currency revenues and EBITDA, a reflection of the underlying performance saw encouraging growth of 24.6% and 31% respectively. The outstanding feature of this performance in my view is the continuing scale of opportunity across the business. We operate across African continent with a combined population in excess of 650 million people where the penetration of both telecom and financial services remains low. We have a broad portfolio of services that are in high demand spanning data, home broadband, enterprise solutions, mobile money and merchant payments to name a few. As digital adoption and financial inclusion continues to rise, This positions us to sustain strong growth rates over the coming years. Our refined strategy is working to capture this oppor...