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An Airtel Uganda promotional poster at a hotel in Kampala in 2023

Airtel Money skips African exchanges for London

Airtel Money, valued at $7bn, listed in London while Uganda, its second-largest market, has an exchange worth less than the company itself

Customers at a roadside kiosk in Uganda covered in yellow MTN Mobile Money signs, one woman showing a phone to the attendant while a man stands nearby.

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Mobile money value reaches 72 per cent of 2025 total

Mobile money transactions in Uganda were worth Shs263tn in seven months, and first-half value rose 32.5 per cent, up from 31.2 per cent a year earlier

Airtel Money skips African exchanges for London

Mobile money value reaches 72 per cent of 2025 total

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