Reported By:| Edited By: |Source: Reuters |Updated: Mar 17, 2018, 05:02 AM IST
Kuwaiti telecoms firm Zain, which sold most of its African assets to Bharti Airtel, has lowered its workforce by 70%, its chief executive said in published remarks.
"The group's workforce has been lowered by 70% in light of the new strategy for the group in the next period," Kuwaiti daily newspaper al-Seyassah quoted CEO Nabeel bin Salama as saying on Sunday.
A company spokesman confirmed the report on Sunday but did not provide more details.
In June, Zain and Bharti closed a $9 billion deal for the Kuwaiti firm's African assets excluding Sudan and Morocco.
Zain, the Gulf Arab region's third-largest telecoms group by value, now operates in eight countries.