Pan African Towers (PAT), a Nigerian infrastructure provider serving 9mobile and Spectranet, has appointed Echezona Osi as its chief executive officer.
In a statement announcing the new appointment, the company’s Board Chairman, Adefolarin Ogunsanya, explained that Osi would succeed Oladipo Badru, whose tenure lasted nine months in acting CEO position.
Osi has more than 28 years of experience in the telecommunications sector across various regions of Africa. Prior to his appointment as CEO, he had served as Head of Network Deployment at Airtel Nigeria; Operations Director and Chief Technical Information Officer at MIC Tanzania; Chief Technology Officer roles at IPT PowerTech Nigeria, Rhino Niger Networks and Biswal Nigeria.
He obtained a degree in Electrical/ Electronic Engineering from the University of Benin and a postgraduate diploma in Data Science and Business Analytics from the University of Texas.


