Airtel Ghana appoints new Head of Corporate Communications and External Affairs
April 8, 2011; Accra: Airtel Ghana has appointed Mr. Donald Gwira as the new Head of Corporate Communications and External Affairs. He will lead the engagement with the media and other stakeholders of the company.
Mr. Gwira joins Airtel with a wealth of corporate experience from Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd. where he managed the Corporate Communications function. He was instrumental in engaging the media that led to a Ghanaian business journalist winning a category of the Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards (DABRA) for the first time in its history. In the last six months, he doubled as Corporate Citizenship Manager, driving the company’s flagship corporate social responsibility programme, Water of Life, which will be providing clean water to 100,000 Ghanaians.
Prior to Guinness, Mr. Gwira held various positions including Communications Manager for West Africa for Sightsavers International, where he led the public relations campaign across West Africa. In 2004, he was recognized as one of 36 exemplary leaders in a book entitled “Leading Coherently: Reflections from Leaders Around the World.
Mr. Gwira is a member of the Executive Council of the Institute of Public Relations, Ghana and holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Affairs from American University in Paris, France and a Masters degree in Political Science, majoring in International Relations from Howard University in the United States of America.
About Airtel in Africa
Airtel is the new brand name for the 16 Zain operations across Africa which was acquired by Airtel International in June 2010. Airtel is driven by the vision of providing affordable and innovative mobile services to all. Airtel has African operations in: Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Madagascar, Niger, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Airtel International is a Bharti Airtel company. For more information, please visit www.airtel.com
About Bharti Airtel Limited
Bharti Airtel Limited is a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa. The company offers mobile voice and data services, fixed line, high speed broadband, IPTV, DTH, turnkey telecom solutions for enterprises and national and international long distance services to carriers. Bharti Airtel has been ranked among the six best performing technology companies in the world by Business Week. Bharti Airtel has over 200 million customers across its operations. To know more visit www.airtel.in
For more information contact:
Henking A. Adjase-Kodjo
Airtel Ghana
M:0266 000 747
E: Henking.Adjase@zain.com.gh Mary Ayim
Ogilvy Africa Media
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