Airtel Uganda
| Private | |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Headquarters | Kampala, Uganda |
Key people |
Anwar Soussa Managing Director[1] |
| Services | |
| Website | Homepage |
Airtel Uganda is a mobile communications and information technology services provider in Uganda. The company also offers mobile funds transfer and banking services known as Airtel Money. Airtel Uganda Limited is a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel Limited, the Indian telecommunications conglomerate operating in over 20 countries in Asia, Africa, and the Channel Islands.[2]
Location
The headquarters of Airtel Uganda are located in Airtel House, at 40 Wampewo Avenue, on Kololo Hill in the Central Division of Kampala, the county's capital and largest city. The coordinates of the headquarters are 00°19'09.0"N, 32°35'43.0"E (Latitude:0.319167; Longitude:32.595279).[3]
History
The company was founded in 1995 as Celtel Uganda, the first mobile telephone company in Uganda. In July 2007, Celtel Uganda changed its brand name to Zain Uganda. In 2010, Bharti Airtel acquired majority shareholding in the business and the name was changed to Airtel Uganda.[4] In 2013, Airtel Uganda acquired the assets and subscribers of Warid Telecom cementing its position as the number 2 mobile telephone network, behind market leader MTN Uganda.[5]
Overview
Airtel Uganda is the second-largest mobile network provider in the country,[6] with an estimated 7 million subscribers in November 2014.[7] The business in Uganda operates under three registered entities; namely:[8] (1) Airtel Towers Limited (2) Bharti Airtel Uganda B.V. and (3) Airtel Mobile Commerce.
Governance
The managing director since 1 June 2016 is Anwar Soussa, a graduate of The American College of Greece in Athens (BSc in Marketing) and of Concordia University in Montreal (MSc in Marketing).[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 Vision Reporter (5 May 2016). "Airtel Uganda Gets New Boss". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ↑ Success Story (11 July 2016). "Airtel: A Global Indian Brand". Successstory.com (Success Story). Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ↑ Google (11 July 2016). "Location of Airtel House, 40 Wampewo Avenue, Kampala, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ↑ Airtel Uganda (11 July 2016). "About Airtel Uganda". Kampala: Airtel Uganda. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ↑ Kulabako, Faridah (23 April 2016). "Airtel buys Warid Telecom". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ↑ Telegeography (27 April 2016). "Airtel Uganda to expand 4G beyond urban areas". Telegeography.com (Telegeography). Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ↑ Elias Biryabarema (26 November 2014). "Uganda too small for seven mobile phone firms - Airtel". Kampala: Reuters.com. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ↑ Jonathan Adengo, and Mark Keith Muhumuza (10 May 2016). "Airtel Uganda fights on as Tom Gutjahr exits". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
