Airtel Africa Plc (AARTY) Q1 2027 Earnings Call Transcript | Seeking Alpha
Airtel Africa Plc (AARTY) Q1 2027 Earnings Call July 23, 2026 8:00 AM EDTCompany ParticipantsSunil Taldar - CEO, MD & Executive DirectorKamal Dua - CFO & Executive DirectorConference Call. . .
Airtel Africa Plc (AARTY) Q1 2027 Earnings Call July 23, 2026 8:00 AM EDTCompany ParticipantsSunil Taldar - CEO, MD & Executive DirectorKamal Dua - CFO & Executive DirectorConference Call ParticipantsRohit Modi - Citigroup Inc. , Research DivisionMollie Witcombe - Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. , Research DivisionJohn Karidis - Deutsche Bank AG, Research DivisionMadhvendra Singh - HSBC Global Investment ResearchDavid-Mickael Lopes - New Street Research LLPDesmond Gabriel - WSTC Financial Services Limited, Research DivisionPresentationOperatorGood day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Airtel Africa Q1 2027 Results. [Operator Instructions] Please note that this event is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to Sunil Taldar. Please go ahead, sir. Sunil TaldarCEO, MD & Executive DirectorThank you very much, and a very good afternoon, good morning to everyone, and welcome to the call. Thank you all for joining us on the call today. I'm joined on the line by Kamal Dua, our CFO; and Alastair 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 quarter's performance. I'm very pleased to report another strong quarterly performance, which reflects the continued underlying demand across our business and the sustained focused execution, enabling us to capture the opportunity. Key to this performance has been our focus on providing a best-in-class customer experience, and the results reflect the benefits of our long-term investment strategy, which continues to deliver value to all our stakeholders. We delivered strong growth across voice, data and mobile money, supported by an acceleration in the customer base growth across all segments as adoption of digital and financial services continues to gather momentum. At the same time, we have accelerated investment in our network to strengthen