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Who is Soumendra Sahu, Airtel Uganda’s new Managing Director?

Soumendra Sahu, Airtel Uganda's new Managing Director

Soumendra Sahu is set to take over as Airtel Uganda’s new Managing Director following Manoj Murali’s retirement at the end of this month.  Soumendra is a ‘Big Boy’ in the telecom business having spent a bigger part of his career at Bharti Airtel in Gujarat, India, where he has been serving as the Chief Executive Officer since 2020.  Before being appointed Chief Executive, he rose through the ranks from being Vice President of Marketing in 2015, Head of Sales of Operations in 2017 and Chief Operating Officer from 2017 to 2020.  Soumendra has over twenty years of experience in intensive sales…

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Paul Murungi is a Ugandan Business Journalist with extensive financial journalism training from institutions in South Africa, London (UK), Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda. His coverage focuses on groundbreaking stories across the East African region with a focus on ICT, Energy, Oil and Gas, Mining, Companies, Capital and Financial markets, and the General Economy.

His body of work has contributed to policy change in private and public companies.

Paul has so far won five continental awards at the Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism in Johannesburg, South Africa, and several Uganda national journalism awards for his articles on business and technology at the ACME Awards.

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