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IFS appoints Darren Roos as new Chief Executive Officer
Global enterprise applications company, IFS, has announced the appointment of Darren Roos as the Chief Executive Officer of IFS. The appointment is effective 1 April 2018 and aligns with the retirement of Alastair Sorbie at the end of Q1 2018.…
Hitachi Vantara announces new appointments
Hitachi Vantara, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, has announced two new key appointments. Neo Nhantumbo will take on the role of Channel Manager: South Africa. With more than a decade of experience in IT, Nhantumbo has gained experience working…
Airtel Rwanda appoints new Managing Director
Philip Amoateng has been appointed the new Managing Director of Airtel Rwanda, the firm said in a statement. Amoateng was the chief executive officer of Tigo from 2016 until it was bought by Bharti Airtel in December 2017. Rwanda Utilities…
Visa makes new appointments for its Sub-Saharan Africa region
Visa has announced the appointment of two new members to its Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) team. Prenolan Naidoo and Brandon Mncube join various Visa SSA divisions, and both appointees will be based in South Africa. Prenolan Naidoo joined Visa SSA earlier…
Huawei’s safety expert unpacks the need for mission-critical communication in Africa
IT News Africa recently spoke to Peter Goulding, Global Public Safety Expert, Enterprise Business Group, Huawei Technologies who unpacked the importance of establishing mission-critical communications in Africa at the Technology Innovation Conference held in Johannesburg, South Africa. Goulding is a…
Fortinet appoints new Regional Vice President in EMEA region
Fortinet, integrated and automated cybersecurity company, has announced the appointment of Lizzie Cohen-Laloum to the position of regional vice president for Southern Europe and head of the Carrier/MSSP Business Practice for the EMEA region, reporting into Yann Pradelle, Vice President…
New SES VP of Sales to expand video business in Africa
On Monday 19 January 2018, SES Video announced the appointment of Clint Brown as the new Vice President, Sales and Market Development, for Africa. The appointment forms part of SES’s strategy to bolster its video growth strategy across Africa and continue to…
Software AG names new CEO
The Supervisory Board of Software AG has appointed Sanjay Brahmawar (47) as the new Chief Executive Officer of Software AG for five years as of August 1, 2018. Brahmawar succeeds Karl-Heinz Streibich (65), who will step down after more than…
Bytes Managed Solutions appoints Hardus Hurter as Sales Manager
Bytes Managed Solutions, part of Allied Electronics Corporation Limited (Altron), has appointed Hardus Hurter as Sales Manager. Hurter will be instrumental in accelerating sales performance for the services led, software driven and hardware enabled organisation which markets, supports and maintains…
Vodafone Zambia appoints new Chief Sales and Distribution Officer
Vodafone Zambia has announced the appointment of Amon Jere as the new Chief Sales and Distribution Officer as part of the 4G operator’s drive to expand and fortify its distribution footprint and grow market share. Jere, whose previous role was…
Kyle Whitehall steps down as Liquid Telecom South Africa CEO
On Friday 2 February 2018, Liquid Telecom South Africa, a data, voice and IP provider, announced that the company’s CEO, Kyle Whitehill, will be leaving when his contract expires on the 20th of March 2018. “Kyle has decided to return…
Ryan Williams named new CEO of Ster-Kinekor
On Thursday 1 February 2018, Ster-Kinekor, a South African based entertainment and video game distributor, announced that Ryan Williams has been appointed as the new CEO of Ster-Kinekor Theatres. Williams, the current CEO of Primedia Unlimited, will take over as CEO…
Citrix appoints Andy MacDonald as Area Vice President for Emerging Markets
Citrix has announced the appointment of Andy MacDonald as Area Vice President, Emerging Markets. Andy brings three decades of European and Emerging Markets experience to Citrix, plus notable expertise in leading multicultural teams in the networking and cloud arenas to…
Altron appoints Mashishi as Group Executive: Human Capital
Altron has announced that Dolores Mashishi has joined the company as Group Executive: Human Capital. Mashishi comes to Altron after spending five years as the Group Executive: Corporate Services for Development Bank of Southern Africa. Prior to this, she was…
New year, new rules – 2018 in the software testing industry
2018 is fast approaching; businesses are busy anticipating what the new year will bring in terms of industry developments, growing trends, and hidden surprises. Carmen Carey, CEO of software testing and performance monitoring company Apica, gives her five industry predictions…
Google appoints Chief Marketing Officer for Sub-Saharan Africa
Google announced on Monday, 15 January 2018 that it has appointed Mzamo Masito as its Chief Marketing Officer for Sub-Saharan Africa. Masito joins Google from Vodacom, where he held a senior position, he has an MBA from the Gordon Institute…
