Airtel Africa CEO to retire

Telecoms operator Airtel Africa said chief executive Olusegun Ogunsanya would be retiring and replaced by Sunil Taldar in the middle of the year.

Taldar will be appointed to the board as an executive director and assume the role of CEO on July 1, at which time Segun will retire from the board and the company, Airtel said in a statement on Tuesday.

Reporting by Frank Prenesti for Sharecast.com