telecom infrastructure

When Soumendra Sahu took over as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Uganda in December 2024, he stepped into one of the most competitive, politically sensitive, and fast-evolving sectors of Uganda’s economy. Telecom is unforgiving: customer expectations shift daily, technology cycles move at speed, and regulatory, security, and customer trust issues sit permanently in the spotlight. One year on, December 2025 marks a meaningful checkpoint — not just of activity, but of direction. What has emerged over Sahu’s first twelve months is a leadership style anchored in execution, discipline, and scale, with a clear bias toward long-term infrastructure,…