Tag: VG Somasekhar

Mr. Manoj Murali is the New appointed Managing Director of Airtel Uganda

Charles Layoo

Airtel Uganda has today announced the appointment of Manoj Murali as its new Managing Director. Manoj takes up the mantle from V.G Somasekhar who is moving to India, where he will continue to be associated with the Bharti Airtel Group. While announcing the appointment, Raghunath Mandava the CEO Airtel Africa detailed Manoj’s wealth of experience in the sector. “Manoj has handled different roles and worked across geographies in India, the Corporate Office and the International operations of Sri Lanka, Seychelles and Channel Islands. His most recent assignment was as the…

MTN, Airtel & Stanbic Bank lose Billions in Uganda’s Mobile Money Hack

Charles Layoo

This article is originally posted on ceo.co.ug Unidentified hackers broke into the systems of Pegasus Technologies, a company that integrates mobile money transactions between telcos, banks, and other local, regional, and international money transfer services, making off with a yet to be known sum, but said to be in billions of Shillings. The most affected firms are the leading telcos, Airtel and MTN Uganda, as well as Stanbic Bank, Uganda’s largest bank that also backs up most of the mobile money transactions. In a joint statement released today, 5th October 2020, Anne…

Airtel celebrates 10 years of existence and service in Uganda

Charles Layoo

Airtel Uganda is celebrating 10 years of its existence and service in the country since it was launched. Airtel made 10 years in Uganda on June 08, 2020. Airtel was launched in Uganda in June, 2010 and has a mobile operator Airtel has introduced different  communication products and services that they believed have transformed millions of Ugandans and businesses History of the airtel in Uganda CELTEL Uganda was the first Telecommunication Company in Uganda that was introduced in 1995 and transformed telephony by connecting people with the use of a…