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Airtel Africa’s profit up 12.9%, customer base reaches 111.5 million

Olumide Adesina by Olumide Adesina
July 24, 2020
in Company News, Company Results, Spotlight
Airtel Africa’s profit up 12.9%, customer base reaches 111.5 million in Q2, Airtel Africa receives $200 million for its mobile money operations from QIA at a $2.65 billion valuation
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Airtel Africa on Friday posted an impressive Q1 ending June 2020 financial statement with an operating profit of $210 million up by 12.9%which showed a 111.5 rise in customers’ base of 11.8% to 111.5 million in spite of the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic. The Company also reported an operating profit of $210 million up by 12.9%.

Airtel reports its year end March 31st 2020.

Key highlights of Airtel Africa Q1 2020 include;

  • Customer base grew by 11.8% to 111.5 million.
  • Revenue increased by 6.9% to $851m, with constant currency revenue growth of 13.0%
  • Constant currency revenue growth was recorded across all key business segments, with voice revenue up by 2.2%, data by 35.7%, and mobile money by 26.3%.
  • Underlying EBITDA increased by 7.9% to $375m, with constant currency growth of 14.6%
  • The reported underlying EBITDA margin was 44.1%, up by 40 bps.
  • Operating profit increased by 12.9% to $210m, an increase of 21.5% in constant currency
  • Free cash flow was $96m compared to $62m in the same period last year.
  • Earnings per share (EPS) before exceptional items was $1.0 cents and basic EPS was $1.1 cents.
  • Net debt to underlying EBITDA was 2.2x, compared to 3.0x in June 2019.

(READ MORE: Airtel Africa announces IPO result in Malawi, says its fully subscribed)

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Raghunath Mandava, chief executive officer, Airtel Africa explained the company’s business was to survive the COVID-19 pandemic amid all odds. He said;

“During the last quarter, our business was impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, as restrictions on movements of people and ways of socializing were introduced to contain the spread of infection. In these unprecedented times, we have worked with governments, regulators, partners, and suppliers to keep customers and businesses connected as well as supporting the economies and communities.

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“We focused on expanding and maintaining our network to ensure it could cope with increasing demand, we kept our distribution up and running by increasing the penetration of digital recharges and stock levels, and we expanded our home broadband solutions to ensure customers could work and access entertainment remotely.”

Raghunath Mandava, chief executive officer, Airtel Africa spoke about growing concerns on the resurgence of COVID-19, but he was optimistic based on Airtel Africa’s present result and investment. He continued by saying ;

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“The outlook remains uncertain, particularly regarding a so-called potential second wave of infections and the actions governments will decide to take in that event. However, these results are further evidence of the growth opportunities our markets offer and the effectiveness of our strategy to focus on winning customers, investing in our network and expanding our voice, data and mobile money businesses.”

The stock is presently trading at N348 with a market capitalization of N1.308 trillion, dividend yield at 3.38%, price/earnings ratio at 10.63 at the time this report was drafted.

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