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MUMBAI: Essar Communications Holdings (ECHL), on Tuesday said that it has appointed Mr Michael P Foley as CEO-East Africa and he would have overall responsibility for the group's telecom investments and operations in the region.

Mr Foley will oversee the roll-out and launch of Econet Wireless Kenya, a press release issued here stated. Mr Foley brings on board commercial and management experience gained from a number of leading telcos in Canada, East Europe, the Middle-East, Tanz ania and Nigeria.

Earlier in the year, ECHL had acquired a 49 per cent stake in Econet Wireless International (EWI) by subscribing to fresh capital in the company. Essar will actively participate with EWI in the network roll-out of Econet Wireless Kenya. Econet Wireless K enya has also announced three senior leadership appointments, the release said.

These are Mr Shailendra Khare as the Chief Technical Officer, Mr Philip Mudimu as Project Director (East Africa) and Mr Anna Othoro as Marketing Director. - PTI

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