Nigeria, Oct. 2 -- Airtel Mobile Commerce N.V. (Airtel Money), the mobile money business of Airtel Africa, has set the offer price for its planned initial public offering (IPO) at £1.96 per share, implying an estimated market capitalisation of £5.3 billion ($7.0 billion) at admission.

Airtel Africa disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, saying Airtel Money intends to list its ordinary shares on the London Stock Exchange, with admission currently expected on 14 October.

The planned listing followed Airtel Africa's announcement on 23 September of its intention to undertake an IPO for Airtel Money, which operates mobile money services across several African markets.

Under the offer, certain existing shareholders of Airtel Mo...