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Tanzania: Airtel appoints Mwapachu as new Chairman
Airtel Tanzania has appointed Juma Mwapachu as its new chairman. Mwapachu is the immediate past Secretary General of the East African Community (EAC). He was also Tanzania’s ambassador to France. According to Airtel Tanzania, Mwapachu brings a vast amount of…
Ojutalayo and MTN set to focus on Small and Medium Enterprises
MTN Group has revealed the appointment of Omotayo Ojutalayo as General Manager for Small and Medium Enterprise Channels within its Enterprise Business Unit, effective immediately. Ojutalayo joins the group from MTN Nigeria, where she was a senior manager responsible for…
Marques to add momentum to F5 Network’s growth across Africa
F5 Networks has appointed Carlos Marques as its new Director of Sales for sub-Saharan Africa. According to F5 Networks Marques will be reporting directly to Myles Bray, Regional Vice-President, Sales, UK, Ireland and sub-Saharan Africa for F5 Networks. Marques’ focus will…
VMware appoints new SVP & CIO
VMware has revealed the appointment of Bask Iyer to the role of senior vice president (SVP) and chief information officer (CIO) of VMware. Iyer will lead VMware’s global information and technology organisation, a group that manages critical technology systems supporting…
VMware appoints new VP in EMEA
VMware has revealed the appointment of Scott Dodds as Vice President of Channel and Alliances in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). In this role, Dodds has responsibility for creating and developing relationships with VMware’s extensive channel and alliance partners…
Zambia: Airtel appoints new MD
Airtel Zambia has announced the appointment of Peter Correia as its MD. According to the telecom operator, Correia’s position will be effective from 01 March, 2015. Correia will be taking over from Charity Lumpa, who the company said has requested…
SEACOM appoints new CEO
SEACOM has revealed the appointment of Byron Clatterbuck as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). According to the company, Clatterbuck is an industry veteran with more than 18 years experience in the global telecommunications industry. He has held a number of…
MTN Group appoints new Group Chief Business Risk Officer
MTN Group has appointed Suren Sooklal to the role of Group Chief Business Risk Officer, effective immediately. He joins MTN from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), where he held various roles during his 12-year tenure, including most recently, Group Audit Engagement Partner and…
ThoughtWorks appoints new head of operations in Africa
Multinational software delivery and technology company, ThoughtWorks has appointed Wambui Kinya as Head of Operations for Africa. Kinya will be based in Nairobi and will focus on the company’s operations in South Africa and Uganda. Kinya has been in the…
Cisco appoints Madyibi as Govt Affairs Director for Africa
Cisco has appointed Siyabonga Madyibi as its new Government Affairs Director for Africa. According to Cisco, Madyibi will lead its government affairs and public policy strategy in Africa. Madyibi will also be tasked to engage with government officials and key policy makers…
MTN appoints senior IT exec to drive enterprise business
In a move to further strengthen its position in the enterprise business segment, MTN Group revealed the appointment of Debbie Minnaar, a former executive at IBM South Africa, as General Manager for Products and Services within its Group Enterprise Business…
Luca Rossi resigns from Acer
According to Digitimes, Acer has announced the resignation of EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, Africa) operations president Luca Rossi. According to Acer, Emmanuel Fromont, currently Pan-America Operations president, has been appointed to succeed Rossi. To add to this, Acer revealed…
Albrecht appointed as Deezer CEO
Music streaming service Deezer has appointed Hans-Holder Albrecht as CEO. The former Millicom CEO will take on his role effective 1 February 2015. Albrecht comes from Millicom, a telecom and media group that is present in Africa and Latin America,…
Ghana: Tigo appoints Squire as head of mobile
Tigo Ghana has appointed Tara Squire as its new head of Mobile. According to the company, in his new role Squire will be responsible for both the Commercial and Mobile Financial Services strategy and execution. This includes all products and…
Millicom CEO steps down
Millicom CEO Hans-Holger Albrecht has revealed that he will be stepping down from his position at the end of 2014. According to Albrecht, the reason for the move is due to the fact that he wants to develop a number…
Africa: Orange Business Services appoints Giorgio Heiman as VP
Orange Business Services, the Orange branch dedicated to B2B services, has announced the appointment of Giorgio Heiman as Vice President of Africa, effective this month. Giorgio will share his time between Geneva and Johannesburg and takes over the leadership of…
