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Tunisie Telecom gets new chief
Tunisia’s main telecommunications company Tunise Telecom announced on Tuesday that Raouf Chekir will take over the top job from Montassar Ouaili. Chekir had previously served among others as CEO of the National Broadcasting Corporation. It comes as the country continues…
LG South Africa appoints new CEO
LG Electronics South Africa has appointed a new CEO, Mr. J.M Lee, as part of a global restructuring of the international group’s operations aimed at boosting sales, driving innovation and reducing costs. Mr. Lee replaces the previous CEO, Mr. Peet…
Nigeria re-appoints Ilukwe as Galaxy Backbone CEO
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has reappointed pioneer Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Galaxy Backbone, Gerald Ilukwe, to another term of three years. Galaxy Backbone is a government-owned technology services provider to Federal Government and its ministries, agencies and extra-ministerial…
Cisco announces new regional leadership in Africa
Cisco today announced executive changes in the Africa Levant region in support of the company’s growth strategy. Yvon Le Roux, previously Vice President covering Cisco’s Africa Levant Region for the past two and a half years is taking on a…
ETISALAT Nigeria makes new appointment
ETISALAT Nigeria has announced the appointment of Abigail Isokpan as its new chief for Human Resources. Making the announcement, Etisalat Chief Executive Officer, Steven Evans, said: “Abigail is a consummate professional whose experience and contribution to the growth of Etisalat’s…
Jerri DeVard appointed Nokia CMO
Nokia has appointed Ms Jerri DeVard as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), a new role that comes into effect as of January 1, 2011. DeVard will join Nokia’s Group Executive Board, reporting to Niklas Savander, Executive Vice…
Karl van Eck heads up new Johnson Controls division for Africa
Johnson Controls, the global leader in delivering products, services and solutions that increase energy efficiency in buildings has appointed Karl van Eck as Regional General Manager for Africa for its new Global Energy Solutions division. This division will offer services…
Bharti Airtel beefs up African management team
Bharti Airtel has today announced the appointment of two executives to steer its network and internal assurance functions across 16 countries in Africa. Ms. Tay Kim Lee joins the group as the Director of Internal Assurance whilst Mr. Eben Albertyn…
PwC executive appointed MTN VP
MTN Group has announces the appointment of Ignatius Sehoole as Vice President for the South and East Africa (SEA) Region. He will take over from Mr Tim Lowry whose contract with MTN ended in June this year. Sehoole comes to…
Interview: Jonas Bogoshi, Gijima CEO
“…the product side suffered, and in some cases had quite a severe impact on the business” Gijima recently announced increased profits for the year to end June 2010 in spite of challenging conditions, how did you achieve this? Jonas Bogoshi:…
Nokia’s mobile solutions VP resigns
Nokia announced today that Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice President and a member of Nokia Group Executive Board has given notice of resignation from Nokia. Vanjoki, who currently heads Nokia’s Mobile Solutions unit, has six months notice period and he will…
Paris Mashile appointed CEO of Vunani
Former Chairman of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), Paris Mashile, has been appointed CEO of Vunani Technology Ventures, a company which specialises in offering ICT advisory and investment banking to high-growth, mid-market ICT entrepreneurs. On his appointment,…
Pieter du Preez appointed Spescom group executive
Spescom Ltd, an integrated business communication solutions provider, has appointed Pieter du Preez as Group Executive: Business Solutions Development as of 1 July 2010. Says Jene Palmer, CEO of Spescom: “A key strategic driver for Spescom over the last three…
Kyle Whitehill appointed new CEO of Vodafone Ghana
Mr Kyle Whitehill has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Vodafone Ghana. He is expected to execute from 1st of July, 2010. Vodafone Ghana is an Operating Company of Vodafone Group Plc., the world leading mobile Telecommunications Company,…
eBucks appoints new CEO
eBucks, First National Bank’s South Africa rewards programme, has announced the appointment of Jolandé Duvenage as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Duvenage is one of the original eBucks team members responsible for launching eBucks.com in 2000, and has played an integral…
Stuart Hardy to head up Africa.INX
AFRICA . INX, a new player in the South African ISP industry and the country’s first and only independent network exchange, has announced the appointment of Stuart Hardy as its Managing Director. Taking up his position in May 2010, Hardy…
