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9mobile gets new CFO
Nigerian Telecommunications company, 9mobile has announced the appointment of Phillips Oki as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Oki has worked at KPMG Nigeria, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Royal Merchant Bank, Pepsico International, TBIC Nigeria Ltd and Babcock University. Acting Managing Director of…
Elisabeth Moreno appointed as VP & Managing Director for HP Africa
HP has announced the appointment of Elisabeth Moreno as the new Managing Director for HP Inc. Africa. Based in Johannesburg, Elisabeth Moreno replaces David Rozzio who will move to another leadership position at HP, leading its Central Europe cluster. In…
Chris de Bruyn takes lead as new Operations Director for Gabsten Technologies
Data management solutions specialist, Gabsten Technologies, has announced the appointment of Chris de Bruyn as their new Operations Director. De Bruyn has over fifteen years of experience within the IT industry and two years of experience within Gabsten Technologies’ own…
Microsoft South Africa gets new MD as Zoaib Hoosen calls it quits
Microsoft South Africa has appointed Lillian Barnard as its new Managing Director, effective March 1, 2019. Barnard, the current Director for Public Sector at Microsoft, will replace Zoaib Hoosen who has resigned after nearly five years at the helm. Since…
Liquid Telecom appoints new Regional CEO for MEWA
Liquid Telecom has appointed Mohamed Abdel Bassit as its new Regional CEO for Middle East and West Africa (MEWA). Based in Cairo, Bassit will oversee the group’s expansion further into MEWA following the recent news that it is investing US$400m…
Software AG appoints new executives
Software AG has announced that Dr Wolfram Jost, who engineered Software AG’s digital transformation technology as the company’s Chief Technology Officer, will leave Software AG to pursue new opportunities. Dr Andreas Bereczky, Chairman of Software AG’s Supervisory Board said: “Wolfram…
Aurecon announces new Managing Director
Global engineering and infrastructure advisory company Aurecon has announced Paul Gleeson’s appointment as Managing Director – Energy, Resources and Manufacturing. Paul will continue to build Aurecon’s momentum as Australia’s leading engineering advisor to the energy sector, supporting the country’s transition…
MTN appoints new executives
MTN Group has announced the appointment of several executives, including the position of Chief Technology & Information Officer and Executive for Corporate Services & Sustainability. Charles Molapisi has been appointed as the company’s Group Chief Technology and Information Officer, effective…
Nobel Prize laureate Arthur Ashkin speaks at Nokia Bell Labs
Nokia Bell Labs, the world renowned industrial research arm of Nokia, on the 17th of December 2018, held a ceremony in honour of Arthur Ashkin, who was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for work undertaken while at Bell…
The Innovation Hub appoints new CEO in South Africa
Gauteng Growth and Development Agency and The Innovation Hub Board Members have announced the appointment of Advocate Pieter Holl as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The Innovation Hub. Advocate Pieter Holl succeeds Dr McLean Sibanda and was the Acting…
Floyd Mayweather, DJ Khaled unlawfully promoted cryptocurrency
Professional boxer, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and music producer, DJ Khaled are in hot water over allegations made against them of unlawfully promoting Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). Both men failed to disclose payments they received for promoting investments in ICOs and…
Top CIO, IT Personality for 2018 named at IITPSA President’s Awards
Etion’s Teddy Daka and Absa’s Jacques Barkhuizen have been named SA’s IT Personality and Visionary CIO of the Year at the SA IT industry’s top annual awards. The annual Institute of Information Technology Professionals SA (IITPSA) 2018 President’s Awards,…
Etion Secure appoints new Executive
Etion has announced the appointment of Gaopalelwe Mogapi, who joins Etion Secure, the group’s cybersecurity solutions provider, as Executive: Cloud Services. “Gao joins Etion Secure from Accenture where she was the Technology Architecture Lead. She has a proven…
Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams sworn in as new Minister of Communications
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the Department of Communications and the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services will be merging into what will henceforth only be known as the Department of Communications during a Cabinet reshuffle on Thursday afternoon, 22 November.…
Andrew Hall named new Managing Director for Paratus Namibia
Paratus has announced the appointment of Andrew Hall as its new Managing Director for Paratus Namibia. He will be taking over the reins from John D’Alton who will be taking over regulatory, legal and also marketing strategies for the Paratus…
Vodacom appoints new Managing Executive for IoT Africa
Vodacom Group has appointed Peter Malebye as Managing Executive for Internet of Things (IoT) Africa Vodacom Group Business. Peter, who has almost 20 years of experience replaces Deon Liebenberg. Peter previously held the position of Managing Executive responsible for Industrial/Commercial…
