WorldStage Newsonline– Airtel Africa has confirmed the purchase of 395,624 of its ordinary shares of USD 0.50 each on the London Stock Exchange on 7 March 2024 from Citigroup at average price of GBp 95.82.
Airtel Africa, a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services, with a presence in 14 countries in Africa in a notice at the Nigerian Exchange said the purchase was pursuant to the authority granted by its shareholders as part of its share buy-back programme that was announced on 1 March 2024.
Since the commencement of the share buy-back programme announced on 1 March 2024, the Company has purchased 2,017,485 ordinary shares in aggregate, at a volume weighted average price of GBp 96.94 per ordinary share.
