The appointment of Rajeev Sethi also comes at a time when the disputed 5% stake held by Africa’s Econet Wireless was recently acquired by Airtel in November. With this acquisition, Bharit Airtel’s controlling stake in Airtel Nigeria increased to 83.25%. Bharti Airtel originally held 65.7% stake Airtel Nigeria after it entered the country by signing a deal with Zain Africa back in 2010.