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PeoplewatchVodafone Peoplewatch: tech leadership rework, Greek renewal ‘complete’
November–December 2025 update: year-end Peoplewatch tracks significant moves at the top of Vodafone’s European Technology functions; an all-new leadership team in Greece; and 20+ other senior changes across Vodafone Group…
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Financial & PerformanceGuidance: H1 pace allows for H2 slowdown as Vodafone moves into cleaner air
Q2/H1 FY25–26: Group reaffirms FY outlook but expects to hit the upper end of earnings and free cash flow targets, buoyed by a strong first half that allows for lower growth in Q3 and Q4. Outgoing CFO Luka Mucic weighs prospects after he leaves and finds ‘net positives’…
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Financial & PerformanceSpend: capex down, opex up as Vodafone reaches ‘appropriate’ scale
Q2/H1 FY25–26: with the Group’s capital structure ‘reset’, CEO Margherita Della Valle considers investment levels to be at the right level in each market: spend balloons at newly scaled UK, Germany finds efficiencies and reduces capex, broadly stable elsewhere.
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Financial & PerformanceIn-depth: defiant Vodafone CEO eyes European rebound
Q2/H1 FY25–26: unwaveringly positive CEO claims right-sizing initiative has Vodafone moving in the right direction, and earnings largely back up the claim, but as some headwinds wane others are gathering on the horizon…
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Financial & PerformanceVodafone begins German bounce back
Q2/H1 FY25–26: Group CEO Margherita Della Valle claims that Vodafone Germany is benefiting from proactive moves to recover from recent lows, with service revenue growth the first fruit of its labour. MDU impact now lapped, 1&1 migration close to completion, and work ongoing to navigate competitive pressures to raise ARPU…
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PeoplewatchVodafone Peoplewatch: exec secures place at head of open networks body
October 2025 update: 25+ senior and strategic moves across the operator and its interests, including TM Forum and TIP berths for Voda execs; regional leadership changes in Europe; ex Iberian CEO closes the book; more from around the Group…
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PeoplewatchVodafone Peoplewatch: HR overhaul at HQ and beyond
September 2025 edition: series of changes to HR, regulatory policy, external affairs, and legal leadership positions make for refreshed Executive Committees in Europe and Africa; plus senior and strategic appointments at Group and OpCo level around Vodafone…
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PeoplewatchVodafone Peoplewatch: IT changes at Group, Investments, Ireland
25+ senior and strategic executives changes, including a new Group CIO (and a change in Ireland); Vodafone Investments appoints CTO as former CEO completes her exit; government affairs official behind VodafoneThree merger steps down, job done; Cindy Rose takes on WPP top-spot…
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Financial & PerformanceQ1 guidance: UK on track to deliver earnings boost
Q1 FY25–26: combined VodafoneThree is performing as expected in its first few months, giving Group management confidence in FY forecasts.
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Financial & PerformanceQ1 spend: Vodafone stays the course on capex total and mix
Q1 FY25–26: market by market capital allocation untouched, and management ‘very happy’ with current setup’s capacity to leverage strengths. Asset sales in Europe has given the Vodafone ‘strategic flexibility’, which may open options for greater investment under the next CFO…
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Financial & PerformanceQ1 in-depth: Germany begins fightback
Q1 FY25–26: work to fix Vodafone Germany after years of decline is now beginning to pay off, management claims, and the OpCo is tracking to a return to growth (from a dwindling base) by year’s end. Elsewhere, Vodafone reports positive moves across the footprint put the group on course…
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Financial & PerformanceGreen shoots now ‘tangible’ as Vodafone Germany shows signs of recovery
Q1 FY25–26: Troubled German OpCo shows early signs of recovery as promised by leadership, but still in decline and customer losses remain a headache. ‘Value over volume’ mantra has a nice ring, but when will it deliver?
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PeoplewatchVodafone Peoplewatch: El Sayed takes global IT post; VodafoneThree changes emerge
30+ senior and strategic movers across Vodafone, including Ahmed Elsayed’s new Africa- and Europe-wide technology role; top leadership appointments at the combined VodafoneThree; newcomers from rivals in Germany; former CEOs Aldo Biso and Hannes Ametsreiters make moves…
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Financial & PerformanceVodafone FY24–25 guidance: group ‘insulated’ against macro aggro
Management talks up group’s ability to defend against the worst of FY25−26’s geopolitical turmoil, with supply chains and cash flow protected from ‘economic volatility’…
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Financial & PerformanceVodafone FY24–25 spend: investment on the rise
Capex jumps 8% after a drop-off, with network investment among the priorities. Troubled German OpCo maintained spend despite losing €1bn from earnings in two years…
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Financial & PerformanceVodafone FY24–25 in-depth: another challenging year en route to German revival
CEO Margherita Della Valle emphasises the various ‘transitions’ Vodafone has navigated over the past two years, putting mixed financials in perspective…
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Financial & PerformanceVodafone Germany hits new lows as management tees up a turnaround
FY24–25: Group management insists that annual results were the nadir for its flailing German OpCo, as another fall in service revenue and earnings makes for an even lower baseline to which a future turnaround can be compared.
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Financial & PerformanceSafaricom plots bolt-on M&A to strengthen Kenyan and Ethiopian core
FY24–25: CEO Peter Ndegwa indicates willingness to look further afield for growth opportunities once Ethiopian venture reaches self-sufficiency.
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Partnerships & AlliancesVodafone expands Fortinet B2B cybersec pact — portfolio and regions
Operator’s Business arm incorporates fresh services into its converged B2B network and security offering, aiming to protect enterprise customers amid ever rising cyber threats, extending reach into further parts of Europe and Asia as well as the US.
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PeoplewatchVodafone Peoplewatch: top-table changes across Europe
April 2025 edition: 30+ senior and strategic people changes across Vodafone and its ecosystem, including European CEOs, Consumer leads, Vodafone Business executives, and board members at Group-level and in Africa…