Airtel Kenya

Airtel Kenya Ltd.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryTelecommunications
Area served
Kenya
ProductsMobile telephony
Broadband
Internet services
ParentAirtel Africa
Websitewww.airtelkenya.com

Airtel Kenya Ltd., a subsidiary of Airtel Africa (owned by Bharti Airtel), is the second largest telecommunications services provider in Kenya after Safaricom PLC.[1] It has an estimated 16.2 million subscribers of the total 59.8 million subscribers in the Kenyan market equivalent to 27.2% market share. Airtel market share has been rising steadily over the last few years.[2][3]

Airtel Kenya previously operated as Kencell, Celtel, and Zain before rebranding to Airtel in November 2010.[4]

As of 2020 its CEO was Prashanta Das Sharma.[5]

  1. ^ "Airtel Kenya Company Overview". Bloomberg. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  2. ^ Sector statistics report 2020-2021 ca.go.ke
  3. ^ "Airtel eats into Safaricom, Telkom Kenya's market". Business Daily. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  4. ^ Kachwanya, Kennedy (23 February 2010). "From Kencell to Celtel to Zain ..now what next Bharrrrrr". Kachwanya.com. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Prasanta Das Sarma appointed Managing Director of Airtel Kenya". Africa Business Communities. Retrieved 28 May 2020.