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Airtel Africa (Buy, TP: GBP1.5, +42%) Q4 24: Decent, Solid top line but slower EBITDA; positive message on HoldCo cash

Airtel Africa has published a decent set of Q4 results. Top line performance remained strong, service revenue growth in local currency came in above consensus expectations and above our expectations. EBITDA trends slowed (but remained decent given the macro context in Q1) and margins came in 1pp below consensus and us.

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Airtel Africa

Airtel Africa PLC Formerly known as Airtel Africa Ltd. Airtel Africa PLC is a United Kingdom-based provider of telecommunications and mobile money services. The Company offers an integrated suite of telecommunications solutions, including mobile voice and data services as well as mobile money services both nationally and internationally. It offers traditional mobile voice services, with a primary focus on data and non-voice services through its third generation (3G) and fourth generation (4G) networks. It also offers mobile money services under its Airtel Money brand to customers in all of the Company's 14 countries of operation in Africa, primarily in East Africa and Central and West Africa. The mobile voice business line comprises pre- and post-paid wireless voice services, international roaming and fixed-line telephone services. The mobile data business line comprises data communications services, including second generation (2G), 3G and, increasingly, 4G data services, and other value added services (VAS).

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