| #6 | Airtel Nigeria |
|---|---|
| BSM Index | 70.5 |
| YoY | +5 |
| CEO | Segun Ogunsanya |
| Year Founded (in Nigeria) | 2001 |
| Website | www.airtel.com.ng |
| Head Office | Plot L2, Banana Island Foreshore, Estate Ikoyi |
| Nationality | India |
| Customer Base | 54 million |
| Number of Branches | – |
| Annual Turnover | – |
| Employees | – |
| Marketing Budget | – |
Airtel Networks Limited is a leading telecommunications services provider. It is a member of Airtel Africa, the holding firm for Bharti Airtel, with operations in 14 African countries.
The brand presently serves over 50 million subscribers with products offerings for both calls and data, including 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services, mobile commerce and enterprise services according to a July 2021 Nigeria Telecommunications Commission, (NCC) statistics, making it one of the top 3 in the country.
Airtel’s parent company, Bharti Airtel Limited is a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 16 countries across Asia and Africa. Headquartered in New Delhi, India, the company ranks amongst the top 3 mobile service providers globally in terms of subscribers. Bharti Airtel had over 413 million customers across its global operations at the end of March 2018.
Airtel has network presence in all states of the Federation, Local Government Areas, major towns and villages in Nigeria. The company’s mobile networks cover over 70% of Nigeria’s population and its 3G coverage ratio is over 41%. The company’s distribution network spreads across over 40,000 retail outlets with well over 332,042 retailers.
In the Financial Year 2016- 17, Airtel’s network carried over 420Tb (Terabytes) of data volume.
On July 9, 2019, Airtel Africa, the holding firm of Airtel Nigeria and Bharti Airtel’s Africa subsidiary, listed 3,758,151,504 ordinary shares on the main board of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) at an offer price of ₦363 per ordinary share.
Airtel is known for its Corporate Social Investments programmes, particularly its Adopt-a-School initiative, which seeks to provide a 360 degree approach for identifying, nurturing and developing the minds of underprivileged children across public primary schools.
Another is the Touching Lives initiative, its Employee Volunteer Scheme has also provided an outlet for its staff to directly participate in touching the lives of members of the many communities where it operates.
