# Airtel Money Reports $830 Million First-Half Revenue in Maiden Results After London Listing

> Airtel Money reported $830 million in first-half revenue, up 25.1%, and a $228 million profit after tax in its first results since listing in London.

- Published: 2026-10-26T07:55:24+00:00
- Section: Earnings & Results
- Author: News Desk
- URL: https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-26/airtel-money-first-half-revenue-maiden-results
- Source: [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/airtel-money-reports-25-growth-first-half-revenue-maiden-results-2026-10-26/)

## Key takeaways

- Airtel Money reported first-half revenue of $830 million, up 25.1% in constant currency, and profit after tax of $228 million.
- Customers grew 18.7% to 56.7 million, lifting mobile money penetration of Airtel Africa's telco base to 42.9%.
- The company will pay an interim dividend of 6.4 cents per share and reiterated full-year guidance.

Airtel Money reported $830 million in revenue for the six months to end-September, up 25.1% from a year earlier in constant currency, in its first results since listing in London. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/airtel-money-reports-25-growth-first-half-revenue-maiden-results-2026-10-26/) reported the figures on October 26.

## Airtel Money's First Results Since Listing

Profit after tax of $228 million rose from $188 million, which the company said primarily reflected the strong revenue growth over the first-half period. Customers grew by 18.7% to 56.7 million, driving mobile money penetration of Airtel Africa's telco customer base to 42.9%, up 3.2 percentage points.

Average revenue per user grew by 5.1% in constant currency, reflecting an increase in transaction value per customer to $397 per month, an increase of 14.9%. Airtel Money will pay an interim dividend of 6.4 cents per share and reiterated full-year guidance.

Chief Executive Ian Basil Ferrao said: "Our oversubscribed London listing was a landmark achievement for Airtel Money and a vote of confidence in our business model and strategy."

[Airtel Mobile Commerce BV](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000ae1/airtel-mobile-commerce-bv) operates Airtel Money, a mobile money and digital wallet platform serving 54.1 million active customers across 14 sub-Saharan African countries, processing $196 billion in annual transaction volume through a 2.4 million-strong agent network.

## What Airtel Money's Company Records Show

According to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data), Airtel Money revenue in 2025/26 was $1.355 billion, up 28.4% in constant currency versus 2024/25, and total transaction processed value in 2025/26 was $196 billion in reported currency. The same records put Airtel Money customers at 54.1 million as of 31 March 2026, up 21.3% versus 2024/25 and representing 29.5% mobile money customer base penetration.

## Airtel Money's Path to the London Listing

Airtel Africa announced in July 2026 that it had delayed the Airtel Money IPO to the second half of 2026, with plans to list on the London Stock Exchange, Fortune India reported. In September 2026, Bloomberg reported that Airtel Money's owners were considering raising at least $800 million in the London IPO, down from a previously targeted $1.5-2 billion. Airtel Money agreed in October 2026 to strengthen anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing controls as part of the IFC's £67.2 million investment in its planned London IPO, Techpoint reported.

## Airtel Money's Next Steps

Airtel Money listed in London this month, with its market debut on October 9. The company reiterated full-year guidance alongside the interim dividend of 6.4 cents per share.

## Companies in this story

- [Airtel Mobile Commerce BV company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000ae1/airtel-mobile-commerce-bv) · website: https://airtel.africa

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