Airtel Africa, a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel announced the appointment of global banks for an intended IPO on an international stock exchange. The banks appointed are J.P. Morgan, Citigroup, BofA Merrill Lynch, Absa Group
Limited, Barclays Bank PLC, BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs International and Standard Bank Group.
This follows the recent subscription of shares in Airtel Africa by six leading global investors comprising of Warburg Pincus, Temasek, Singtel, SoftBank Group International and others for an aggregate consideration of USD 1.25 Billion. Earlier this month, Airtel Africa also announced its
newly constituted Board of Directors that includes representatives from Bharti Airtel and the investors.