The Indian-based parent company, which owns Airtel Africa, under which Airtel Uganda falls, owns a stake of 40 billion shares, of which 4.36 billion were taken up by the public. "The board of directors of Airtel at the meeting held on November 24, 2023, resolved to declare and pay to the shareholders of the company an interim dividend for the year 2023 amounting to Shs76b … at a rate of Shs1.9 per share," Airtel said in a notice last week.