The chief executive officer of Airtel Africa, Olusegun Ogunsanya, will retire on July 1, 2024, and will be succeeded by Sunil Taldar.

Airtel Africa disclosed this in a press release on its website on Tuesday.

The company said Mr Taldar, who joined Airtel Africa in October 2023 as Director of Transformation, will begin his transition to the new role, working alongside Mr Ogunsanya.

Mr Taldar will thereafter be appointed to the board as an executive director and assume the CEO role on July 1, 2024, when Mr Ogunsanya will step down from the board and retire from the company.

The release also disclosed that Mr Ogunsanya will, upon his retirement, become the inaugural chairman of Airtel Africa Charitable Foundation due to his experience across the continent.

“Airtel Africa Plc today announced the retirement of the chief executive officer, Olusegun Segun Ogunsanya, with effect from July 1, 2024.

“Mr Ogunsanya, who joined Airtel in 2012, ran the Nigeria Operations of the Telecommunications and mobile money company for nine years before his appointment as chief executive officer of the Group in 2021. 

“With local knowledge of the African landscape and deep distribution experience, he led the company in maintaining double-digit revenue growth over many quarters and to deliver new, innovative products to its customers across the continent.

“Following his retirement from Airtel Africaplc, Mr Ogunsanya will also be available to advise the Chairman, the Airtel Africa Board and Chief Executive Officer for a 12-month period,” the statement partly read.