$21 million investment for Zain/Bharti
A staggering $21 million investment is set to transform Zain Africa outfit as the 6th largest telecommunication company in the world, Bharti Airtel takes over its operations to bring in more juice, innovation and many affordable services that are apparently absent in the country’s telecommunication industry.
Sierra Express Media learnt yesterday 7th July, when the international Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Bharti Airtel, Manoj Kholi visited the country and reiterated his company’s long-term commitment to the growth of the telecommunications sector in Sierra Leone.
In a press conference at the Miatta Conference Centre in Freetown, the International CEO and joint Managing Director told journalists that Bharti is committed to offering affordable services, deep network coverage and distribution backed by a superior brand experience in customer care initiatives in not just Sierra Leone but the whole of Africa.
Whilst Bharti will be in Sierra Leone to improve on the state of telecommunications in the country, the visiting CEO also said “we are here for the long-run and want to be a partner in the growth story of Sierra Leone.â€
He noted that the Bharti plan is to bring an ecosystem of global partners to Sierra Leone which will result into additional employment opportunities.
According to him, the company will introduce its global corporate social responsibility programme in Sierra Leone under which he said it will set up schools that offer free quality education to underprivileged children in rural areas.Â
Manoj Kohli
Mr. Kohli was given the task by Bharti Airtel in January of this year to head a new team to acquire companies outside the region after it made its first overseas acquisition. Kohli, 51, is a management graduate from Delhi University who did his Master’s in Business Administration at the U.K.’s Cranfield School of Management.
Mr. Kohli’s visit is the very first by a high ranking executive member of Bharti Airtel to Sierra Leone. During his visit to the country he met with stakeholders, government officials, the press and President Ernest Bai Koroma and the relevant Minister.
Findings by Sierra Express Media reveal that Bharti has grown from being a manufacturer of bicycle parts to one of the largest and most respected business groups in India. Bharti started its telecom services business by launching mobile services in Delhi (India) in 1995. Since then there has been no looking back and Bharti Airtel, the group’s’ flagship company, has emerged as one of the top telecom companies in the world and is amongst the top five wireless operators in the world.
Through its global telecom operations, Bharti group has presence in 21 countries across Asia, Africa and Europe – India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Jersey, Guernsey, Seychelles, Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Bharti Airtel is a leading telecommunications company with operations centering on mobile voice and data services, fixed line, high sped broadband, IPTV, DTH, turnkey telecom solutions for enterprises and national and international long distance services. This has helped the company to be ranked among the six performing technology companies in the world of business of telecommunication with over 185 million customers across its operational areas worldwide.
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