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Airtel Nigeria’s Vice President for Corporate Communications and CSR, Emeka Oparah has been appointed to hold the same position for the African continent.
Oparah made this known on Tuesday via his official Facebook profile, saying he has formally assumed the new position in Dubai, UAE as the Vice President Corporate Communications & CSR, Airtel Africa Plc.
With the new position, Oparah now holds the responsibility of overseeing Corporate Communications & CSR for Airtel in fourteen (14) African countries.
He wrote: From Nigeria to Africa…!!! Today, after 19 and a half years in Airtel Nigeria, I formally assumed a new position in Dubai, UAE, as the Vice President Corporate Communications & CSR, Airtel Africa Plc, with responsibility for 14 countries.
“To all who supported me along the way as I journeyed in my career, I will forever be in debt of gratitude. All the glory goes to The Great Architect Of The Universe!”
Oparah is a communications and public relations specialist, who joined Airtel Nigeria as director of corporate communications in 2002.
He was appointed the company’s vice president, corporate communications and CSR in June 2011.
A graduate of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 1990, Oparah had worked at corporate affairs departments of various telecom firms such as Econet Wireless, VMobile, Celtel Nigeria Limited, and Zain Nigeria.
He holds a post-graduate diploma in International Public Relations from The Management School, London.
Oparah is a member of the International Public Relations Association, International Association of Business Communicators, Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, and Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria.