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Ghana: NCA appoints new Deputy Director General
Ghana’s telecom regulator, the National Communications Authority (NCA) has announced the appointment of Olivia Okailey Quartey as its new Deputy Director General. Quartey is a graduate of the University of Ghana, Legon and Mountcrest College, a bilingual secretary with professional…
MTN Nigeria appoints new COO
MTN Nigeria has announced the appointment of Mazen Mroue as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO). With over 22 years of experience in telecoms and information communications technology (ICT), Mroue joins MTN Nigeria from MTN Irancell, where he had served…
F5 appoints David Helfer as Senior Vice President for EMEA Sales
F5 Networks has announced the appointment of David Helfer as its new Senior Vice President of Sales for the UK, Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). A veteran leader of high-performance global teams, David has more than 25 years of…
Thingstream appoints Philipp Bolliger as new CEO
Thingstream today announced the appointment of Philipp Bolliger as chief executive officer. Building on the impressive growth the company has generated since its inception last year, Bolliger is tasked with growing the business internationally and extending applications of the platform…
Dr Bill Venter steps down from Altron board
JSE-listed Allied Electronics Corporation Limited (Altron) announced on Tuesday, 31 July 2018 that Dr WP (Bill) Venter, founder of the Altron Group, had taken the decision to retire as non-executive director from the Altron Board with effect from 31 July…
SUSE appoints Grant Bennett as Country Manager for South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa
Grant Bennett has been appointed as Country Manager for SUSE South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa. The appointment, effective from July, will see Grant continue to support and grow strong market alignment for SUSE’s brand locally. Grant takes over from Matthew…
Liquid Telecom appoints Stephane Duproz to head Africa Data Centres
Data centre operator Africa Data Centres (ADC) has named Stephane Duproz as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective immediately. Part of the Liquid Telecom Group, ADC was launched in 2018 to address the growing demand for cloud storage and…
Liquid Telecom appoints new Group Chief Operating Officer
Leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom has announced that Ahmad Mokhles has been appointed as Group Chief Operating Officer (GCOO), a new position within the group. Effective immediately, Ahmad will help drive operational excellence across the group’s 13 countries of…
Cisco appoints Clayton Naidoo General Manager for Sub Saharan Africa
Cisco has appointed Clayton Naidoo as the new general manager for Sub Saharan Africa based out of the Johannesburg office in South Africa. In his role, Naidoo will oversee the implementation of Cisco’s strategy in the region, executing a vision…
Sudhish Mohan appointed as COO of TransUnion South Africa
TransUnion, the leading global risk and information solutions provider, today announced the appointment of Sudhish Mohan as its Chief Operating Officer in South Africa. The appointment will be effective from July 02, 2018. Sudhish will be responsible for the management…
Telkom appoints new CFO
Telkom announced the appointment of Tsholofelo Molefe as the Group Chief Financial Officer on 27 June 2018, appointment effective 1 July 2018. Molefe will be taking over the role from Deon Fredericks, who has been with the company since 2016…
Kaemba Ng’ambi takes office as new CEO of AirtelTigo
Mitwa Kaemba Ng’ambi has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer for AirtelTigo. She assumed her new position on Monday, 25 June 2018. On her first day at work, Ng’ambi addressed staff during a town hall meeting at the company’s…
Intel CEO resigns over past relationship with employee
Intel, an American multinational corporation and technology company, announced on Thursday, 22 June 2018 that its chief executive, Brian Krzanich, resigned after an investigation found he had a “past consensual relationship” with an employee. This relationship was a breach of the…
AirtelTigo CEO resigns
AirtelTigo has announced that its CEO Roshi Motman has decided to leave the company to pursue new opportunities. She will be replaced by Mitwa Kaemba Ng’ambi. Motman has enjoyed considerable successes during her time with first Tigo Ghana and subsequently…
Vodafone Zambia’s CEO retires
According to a statement issued by Vodafone Zambia on June 6, the company CEO, Lars Hendrik Stork, has retired. Chairperson, Gilbert Temba, said in a statement that the new CEO would be announced alongside the new Vodafone Zamia ownership and…
Nokia announces a change in the Nokia Group Leadership Team
Nokia announced that the president of Nokia Technologies, Gregory Lee, will leave the company following the closure of the Digital Health business sale. Lee will be replaced by Maria Varsellona, who remains Chief Legal Officer and continues to report to…
