BREAKING NEWS! ICANN board names Lindqvist, next President/CEO - ITREALMS

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The Board of Directors of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has named Kurt Erik “Kurtis” Lindqvist as the incoming ICANN President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), reports ITREALMS.

Disclosing this at the Terrace of Kigali Convention Centre on Monday evening, the Chair, ICANN Board of Directors, Tripti Sinha, said Lindqvist will officially assume the role on December 5, 2024.

Nigeria's Adekeye emerges chairperson, APPO Training Directors - ITREALMS

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Nigeria's Folashade Adekeye has emerged as the Chairperson, Forum of the Directors of Oil & Gas Training & Vocational Education Institutes of the African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO).

Adekeye, who is the Director, NNPC Academy, took over from the former chairperson, Mr. Abdelkader Guenone, the Managing Director of the Algerian Petroleum Institute (API), during the second meeting of the Forum, in Abuja, at the weekend.

Airtel Nigeria appoints Kemi Ariyo, Dhillon Hermanpreet as directors - ITREALMS

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Leading telecommunications service provider, Airtel Nigeria, has announced the appointment of two directors to join its executive leadership team.

The company named Kemi Ariyo as the new Director of Information and Technology and Harmanpreet Singh Dhillon as Director of Network Transformation and Planning.

Etisalat elevates Dairo, Ogiemwanye, Uwaoma to Directors

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Etisalat Nigeria, Monday announced the elevation of three heads of departments to the position of directors, reports ITRealms.

Those elevated are Adeolu Dairo as Director, Consumer Segment, Elvis Ogiemwanye as Director, Brand & Experience and Eric Uwaoma as Director, Enterprise Segment.

Chief Marketing Officer, Etisalat Nigeria, Mr. Francesco Angelone, confirmed this, saying “over the years, Adeolu, Elvis and Eric have played pivotal roles in driving many of our positive customer and market results.”

He also said that the appointments followed a rigorous process, focused on identifying and selecting the best internal talents within the organisation and will further support the company in the delivery of innovative products and services to meet the demands of its customers.

He pointed out that Adeolu Dairo was previously Head, Customer Value Management (CVM) where he was responsible and instrumental in deepening Etisalat’s organizational capability in marketing and customer analytics. In his new role as Director, Consumer Segment, he will lead his team in articulating and implementing the key pillars of Etisalat’s marketing strategy in the High Value, Mass market and Youth Segments.

Elvis Ogiemwanye, he said, was previously Head, Youth Segment where he successfully worked with his team to build Etisalat’s youth brand (EasyCliq) as well as develop the teen segment (Cliqlite). As Director, Brand & Experience, he will assume overall responsibility for execution of strategies that enhance the Etisalat brand value and equity as well as customers’ experience across all touch-points.

Whereas, Eric Uwaoma was previously Head, Enterprise Sales where he played a pioneering role in setting up Etisalat’s Enterprise team, from recruiting experienced sales executives, to developing processes and growing the company’s share of the business market. In his role as Director, Enterprise Segment, Eric will be responsible for leading the entire Enterprise function – including sales, marketing, and after-sales support – to continuously improve Etisalat’s share and profitability among all business customers across the country.

“These appointments reflect the fact that, as an organization, Etisalat remains committed to growing its people through careers that meaningfully build on experiences – including work-related challenges, opportunities, and achievements – to prepare talented employees for more responsibility even as the business evolves,” he said.

The CMO maintained that Etisalat is committed to empowering individuals and our communities to empower the nation just as he looks forward to the benefits of the transforming leadership that will follow these new appointments.

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Pix: Uwaoma+Eric and Dairo, newly promoted director @ Etisalat Nigeria