Bharti Airtel's board approved a ₹28,220 crore share-swap deal with ICIL, a Mittal family entity, to increase its stake in Airtel Africa to 79%. This cashless transaction preserves company cash, boosts ICIL's holding in Bharti Airtel, and is expected to be accretive to earnings per share.

Bharti Airtel's board approved a ₹28,220 crore share-swap deal with ICIL, a Mittal family entity, to increase its stake in Airtel Africa to 79%. This cashless transaction…

Will see the Indian telecoms giant increase stake to 79%

Upon completion of the deal, which is subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals, Airtel Africa Mauritius—a unit of billionaire Sunnil Mittal's Bharti Airtel—will increase…

Bharti Airtel founder Sunil Mittal has described the opportunity to expand investment in Africa as a “once in a lifetime opportunity” as the Indian telecom giant moves to raise…