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A New Leader for Microsoft’s Africa Transformation Office
Microsoft’s African Transformation Office (ATO) announced today that Microsoft veteran Kunle Awosika has been appointed to the position of MD for the Office as previous MD Wael Elkabbany steps into a new role heading up the Africa Regional Cluster. The…
Safaricom Appoints New Chief Enterprise Business Officer
East Africa’s telecom leader, Safaricom, announced on Thursday the appointment of Cynthia Karuri-Kropac as its new Chief Enterprise Business Officer. The appointment will be made effective 1 September 2022. She is set to replace Joseph Wanjohi, who has been serving…
MTN Group Announces Appointment of New Major Business Executive
MTN Group has today announced that Marvin Ncube has been appointed Executive: Business Finance, effective 1 September 2022. Ncube, according to MTN, is a seasoned finance executive with more than 19 years’ experience in strategic business planning, business performance, capex…
Uber Sub-Saharan Africa Appoints New GM
Uber has appointed Kagiso Khaole as its new GM for its Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) business, taking over Frans Hiemstra’s role who has been shifted to Regional GM for the Middle East and Africa at Uber. Kagiso joined Uber in…
Crypto Firm Binance Chooses New Leader for its South African Business
Binance, one of the world’s leading crypto and blockchain infrastructure providers, has today announced the appointment of Hannes Wessels as its Country Head of South Africa. The firm says the new appointment will further its ambitions to drive its business…
Ericsson Announces Appointment of New Head of Customer Unit MTN Africa
Ericsson has announced the appointment of Hossam Kandeel as Vice President and Head of Global Customer Unit MTN and Customer Unit MTN Africa effective 21 July 2022. Hossam will lead a high-performing technologies and services team that promises to deliver…
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South Africa’s TymeBank Appoints 3 New Senior Executives to “Increase Diversity”
TymeBank, one of South Africa’s fastest-growing digital banks, has today announced the appointment of three new executive committee members, all of whom will report directly to TymeBank CEO Coen Jonker, who took over the reins of the company on 1…
Who is Jumia Kenya’s Incoming CEO?
Africa’s e-commerce giant Jumia announced last week a leadership change for its Kenyan arm. Jumia Kenya CEO Betty Mwangi, who had only been at the company for the last nine months since joining in 2021, will be replaced by Juan…
Struggling to Find Software Developers? This May Be Why
Software developers with specific skills and languages were in short supply before the pandemic and continue to be in short supply in South Africa. How can companies adjust to the new realities after the pandemic? What software development skills remain…
SAP Africa Appoints New CFO
Business management software maker SAP Africa has announced the appointment of Sandi de Souza as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the Africa region. “Sandi has been an integral part of our organisation’s financial operations for more than a…
Brain Drain: SA’s Eskom Loses Top Nuclear Exec to Canada
South Africa’s embattled power utility has today announced that its Chief Nuclear Officer, Riedewaan Bakardien, has resigned from the company to emigrate to Canada and serve in an “executive position” in a Canadian nuclear utility. Bakardien is expected to depart…
Lenovo Appoints New Southern Africa General Manager
On Monday Lenovo, a global technology company, announced the appointment of Yugen Naidoo, who will take the role of GM for its South African division. Naidoo succeeds Thibault Dousson, who now leads the Lenovo SSG (Services and Solutions Group) for…
Airtel Kenya Appoints New CEO
Airtel Kenya, one of the largest telecommunications service providers in Kenya, has announced the appointment of Ashish Malhotra as the new CEO. Malhotra replaces Prasanta Das Sarma who left the position for a co-CEO position for Fibre Services at Airtel…
Mustek Group Appoints New CEO
Mustek, a JSE-listed technology company, has announced Hein Engelbrecht as the Group’s CEO. Hein became acting CEO shortly after the passing of the then CEO and founder David Khan in May 2022. The company’s board made this decision as plans…
MTN Appoints 3 New CEOs Across its African Businesses
South Africa’s MTN Group has today announced the appointment of three new CEOs across three different subsidiaries on the continent, namely in Cameroon, Rwanda and Uganda effective 1 September 2022. MTN also announces the creation of a new senior MTN…
Amazon Announces New CEO for its Worldwide Stores
On Tuesday Amazon, a giant technology company announced Doug Herrington as the new CEO of its worldwide retail stores. Herrington will be replacing Dave Clark who resigned on 3 June 2022. Andy Jassy, the CEO of Amazon, broke the news…
