Bharti Chairman, Tanzania President, hold talks at WEF

Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal, and President of Tanzania, Dr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, held bilateral talks on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum on Africa, which began on Wednesday.

During their meeting, they discussed an array of issues relating to telecommunications development.

Sunil Bharti Mittal, founder and chairman of Bharti Enterprises — one of India’s leading business groups with interests in telecoms, retail, agri business and financial services — co-chaired this year’s edition of the World Economic Forum on Africa.

World Economic Forum on Africa, the continent’s marquee event attended by top business and government leaders from across the world, is holding under the theme, Forging Inclusive Growth, Creating Jobs.

Attended by 900 leaders from business, government, civil society and academia, the forum has been organised to discuss recent significant economic growth, progress in reducing poverty in most parts of sub-Saharan Africa, as well as persistent inequality. This year’s programme is built on three pillars: Accelerating Society’s Transformation, Deepening Investment Partnerships, and Redesigning Growth Models.

Sunil Bharti Mittal is the co-chair of India-Africa Business Council (IABC), formed with the aim of providing an institutional platform to strengthen economic ties between business communities of Indian and the African continent.

Bharti Airtel, the flagship company of Bharti Enterprises and the world’s fourth largest mobile operator, is the largest mobile operator in Africa in terms of geographical footprint. The company provides mobile services in 17 countries across Africa with close to 70 million customers.