Nairobi, Sept. 14 -- Airtel Africa is winding up its Kenyan wholesale internet and fibre-optic subsidiary, two years after it was set up amid struggles to turn a profit.

The Registrar of Companies revealed that the Airtel subsidiary, known as Airtel Kenya Telesonic, would be struck off the register by December 2026, following a request by the telco.

Airtel Kenya Telesonic filed a notice to surrender its Network Facilities Provider Tier 2 (NFPT2) licence to the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) at the end of 2025.

The exit application came as the subsidiary reported a net loss of Sh16.1 million in the year ended December 2025, up from Sh2.9 million the previous year when it was launched. The CA approved the shutdown of Airtel Kenya...