New Appointments
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New Leadership Elected for Kenya’s Electric Mobility Sub-Sector
The Electric Mobility Sub-Sector within the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has elected Roam’s head of strategy and innovation Hans…
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Equity Bank Kenya appoints Moses Okoth Nyabanda as Acting MD
Equity Group announced on Friday that Mr. Moses Okoth Nyabanda, its Chief Finance & Strategy Execution Officer, has been appointed…
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Fintech firm VertoFX taps ex-JumiaPay MD as Nigeria Country Manager
VertoFX has announced the appointment of Dr. Austin Okpagu as its first Country Manager for Nigeria. The fintech firm says…
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Teresa Anania Joins Sophos as Chief Customer Officer
Sophos has announced that Teresa Anania has joined the company as Chief Customer Officer (CCO). Sophos said in a statement…
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Glovo Appoints Daphne Kabeberi as Impact and Sustainability Lead for Africa
Glovo has announced the appointment of Daphne Kabeberi as the Impact and Sustainability Lead for Africa. In her new role,…
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NTT Data taps ex-visa director as head of marketing and demand generation
NTT DATA has announced the appointment of Thembeka Ngugi as the company’s Head of Marketing and Demand Generation for NTT…
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Joe Levy Appointed CEO of Sophos
Sophos has today announced the appointment of Joe Levy as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company. Levy has…
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Jumia appoints East Africa regional CEO
E-commerce platform Jumia today announced the appointment of Vinod Goel, as Regional CEO East Africa. Vinod previously served as the…
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Twiga Foods appoints new CEO
Twiga Foods on Tuesday announced the appointment of Charles Ballard as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Charles takes over…
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Cellulant announces new executives appointments
African payments firm Cellulant has announced the appointment of several leading executives to its management team. The company said in…
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Glovo Appoints Ex-Jumia Food Director as Chief Commercial Officer for Kenya
Glovo has announced the appointment of Sonali Patel Visram as its new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) for Kenya. Sonali joins…
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Visa appoints new General Manager for East Africa
Digital payments leader Visa has appointed Chad Pollock as Cluster Country Manager and Vice President for East Africa. Chad is…
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Showmax appoints Emma Gichonge as General Manager in East Africa
African streaming platform Showmax has appointed Emma Gichonge as its first-ever General Manager of Operations for East Africa. Gichonge is…
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Reshma Naik joins Nutanix as Emerging Markets Director of Systems Engineering
Nutanix, a leader in hybrid multicloud computing has appointed IT industry veteran Reshma Naik as its Director of Systems Engineering, Emerging…
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Payments firm MDP names Frank Molla as Managing Director for Africa Operations
Issuing and payment processing firm in the Middle East and Africa MDP, has appointed Frank Molla as Managing Director for…
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Infopercept Appoints Preethkaran J as Chief Revenue Officer
Infopercept Consulting, a global platform-led managed security services company has appointed Preethkaran as Chief Revenue Officer. With over 20 years…
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Epson Europe appoints Boris Manev as new Corporate Sustainability Director
Epson Europe has appointed Boris Manev as its new Corporate Sustainability Director. His appointment comes as the organisation looks to…
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Bolt Appoints Caroline Wanjihia as Regional Director for Africa
Bolt has today announced the appointment of Ms Caroline Wanjihia as Regional Director for its Ridehailing Operations in Africa and…
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Sudhir Juggernath appointed CEO of TelCables South Africa
Angola Cables has announced the appointment of Sudhir Juggernath as CEO of TelCables South Africa. Sudhir will be responsible for…
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Google Appoints Alex Okosi as Managing Director for Africa
Google has appointed its current Managing Director for YouTube in EMEA Emerging Markets Alex Okosi as Managing Director for Google…
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Eric Jackson takes over as new Hisa CEO
Kenyan fintech Hisa has announced the appointment of Eric Jackson as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Jackson takes over from…
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Ad Dynamo by Aleph appoints José Gonsalves as managing director for East Africa.
Ad Dynamo by Aleph has today announced the appointment of José Gonsalves as managing director for East Africa. Gonsalves will…
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Africa-focused pre-seed investment program Madica announces new leadership appointments
Madica, an Africa-focused investment program dedicated to pre-seed stage startups in Africa, has announced two new leadership appointments. The Flourish…
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SAP appoints Kholiwe Makhohliso new MD for Southern Africa
SAP has today announced the appointment of seasoned technology executive, Kholiwe Makhohliso, as its new Managing Director for Southern Africa. Makhohliso…
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Safaricom picks new CEO for its Ethiopia business unit
Wim Vanhelleputte has been named the new CEO for Safaricom Ethiopia effective September 1. His appointment comes just a week…
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I&M Bank Rwanda announces new executive appointment
The Board of Directors of I&M Bank Rwanda Plc has announced the appointment of Mr. Benjamin Mutimura as the new…
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Jonathan Duncan Joins Vertiv Africa Engineering and Technical Team
Vertiv, the global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, has appointed Jonathan Duncan as application engineering and technical…
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Digital payments firm DPO Pay announces new leadership appointments
African digital payments company DPO Pay has announced the appointment of Isabella Marira as Group Head of Operations. The firm…
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Mest Africa picks Stanbic Bank Ghana’s Head of Engineering as its Portfolio Advisor
MEST Africa has announced the appointment of Eric Nsarkoh as a Portfolio Advisor, focused on technology product development. Eric joins…
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Lillian Barnard appointed President for Microsoft Africa
Microsoft on Tuesday announced the appointment of Lillian Barnard as President for Microsoft Africa. Bernard was previously the tech giant’s…
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YC-backed Curacel appoints Adam Jones to its advisory board
Curacel, a Nigerian YC-backed African insurance infrastructure startup has appointed Adam Jones to its advisory board to support ongoing growth across…
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Cybersecurity firm Sophos announces new leadership appointments
Sophos today announced the promotion of Joe Levy to president of the Sophos Technology Group (STG). The company has also…
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Vertiv appoints Wojtek Piorko new managing director for Africa
Vertiv on Thursday announced the appointment of Wojtek Piorko as its new managing director for Africa effective immediately. Before his…
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Brazilian fintech EBANX picks Ex-Chipper Cash VP as its new director for Africa
EBANK, the Brazilian fintech company which recently expanded into Africa has announced the appointment of Wiza Jalakasi as its new…
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Jumia Kenya appoints new CEO
Jumia on Wednesday announced the appointment of Charles Ballard as the new CEO of Jumia Kenya, effective from March. Charles takes…
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Alpheus Mangale takes over from Oliver Fortuin as new SEACOM Group CEO
SEACOM has announced that Alpheus Mangale is joining the company as the incoming Group CEO, effective 1 April 2023. Mangale…
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Fawzia Ali appointed new Safaricom Chief Consumer Business Officer
Safaricom has confirmed the appointment of Fawzia Ali as its new Chief Consumer Business Officer. Fawzia has been holding the…
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ALEX OWITI: Will Blockchain be the “Messiah” Cyber security Saviour?
Deloitte’s global blockchain and cyber security experts from around the globe in their 2017 report looked at blockchain technology security from…
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Cybersecurity firm Infopercept appoints Jitendra Bulani as CMO
Cybersecurity solutions and services company Infopercept Consulting has appointed Jitendra Bulani as Chief Marketing Officer. He joins the firm from…
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LG Announces New Managing Director for East Africa
LG Electronics has appointed Dong Won Lee as its new Regional Managing Director (MD) for East Africa (EA). He takes…
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Safaricom announces new appointments in latest leadership shake up
Just a few days after appointing Adil Arshed Khawaja as its new board chairman, telecommunications giant Safaricom has announced a…
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South African fintech Jumo appoints former ICT CS Joe Mucheru as president
JUMO, a South African fintech has appointed former ICT Cabinet secretary Joe Mucheru as the president. In his new role,…
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Bolt Picks New Regional Manager for East and Southern Africa
Bolt has appointed Takura Malaba as the new Regional Manager for East and Southern Africa, effective 1st January 2023. Takura takes over…
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Mikhail Marchenko: Major fintech trends that will affect online businesses in 2023
Digitalization and technological achievements, which have been observed in the African region for the past decade, have sped up the…
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Giordano Albertazzi takes over as new Vertiv CEO
Vertiv has announced that Giordano Albertazzi will be taking over as the company’s new CEO. The global provider of critical…
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Competition Authority of Kenya appoints Adano Wario acting Director General
The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has appointed Adano Wario as acting Director General following the expiry of Wang’ombe Kariuki’s…
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Glovo appoints Caroline Mutuku Country Manager for Kenya
Caroline Mutuku is the new General Manager for Glovo Kenya. The multi-category platform announced her appointment on Wednesday. Mutuku joins…
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Gerard Allison Joins Sophos as Senior Vice President of Sales for EMEA
Sophos has announced that Gerard Allison has joined the firm as Senior Vice President of Sales for Europe, the Middle East…
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Businesswoman Mary Wambui appointed as Communications Authority chair
Mary Wambui Mungai has been appointed the new board chair of the Communications Authority of Kenya (CK) effective December 2,…
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Anti-fraud & Risk Management Firm JuicyScore appoints Chris Akolo Regional Business Development Director for Kenya
After announcing its entry into the Kenyan market recently, JuicyScore has now appointed Chris Akolo as its Regional Business Development…
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Judy Waruiru appointed as Managing Director for digital payments firm DPO Africa
African digital payments company DPO has announced the appointment of Judy Waruiru as Managing Director for Africa effective in January…
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Flutterwave Appoints Former JP Morgan Chase Executive as Senior Advisor
Nigerian money transfer company Flutterwave has appointed Marshall Lux as a senior advisor. Marshall is a former Chief Risk Officer…
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Copia Global announces new executive regional appointments
Last-mile delivery and eCommerce platform Copia Global has announced new appointments in its leadership as it focuses on regional growth…
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Linda Ndung’u is the New Country Manager for Bolt Kenya
Ride-hailing company Bolt has appointed Linda Ndungu as its new country manager, charged with the responsibility of scaling the company’s…
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Fallohide Africa: Re-writing Kenya’s Story through Virtual Reality
Kenya is putting its foot forward in the age of Immersive technologies, including AR (Augmented Reality) and VR (Virtual Reality).…
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Dr. Joyce Cacho Joins Sistema.bio as New Board Chair
Sistema.bio has announced Dr. Joyce Cacho as its newest board member, and incoming board chair, effective January 2023. Following her…
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TechPR Nigeria appoints Felicia Ochelle as new CEO, announces pan-African expansion
TechPR Nigeria, a Public Relations and Communications firm, has announced the appointment of Felicia Omari Ochelle as the new Chief Executive Officer…
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Jaime Pinto appointed Software Group’s Chief Commercial Officer for Africa
Software Group has announced the appointment of Jaime Pinto as the Chief Commercial Officer for the Africa region. Jaime brings…
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Kunle Awosika takes up new role at Microsoft’s Africa Transformation Office
Microsoft has appointed Kunle Awosika to the position of Managing Director for the Africa Transformation Office (ATO). Kunle takes over…
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AT&T Senior Director Cynthia Karuri-Kropac joins Safaricom as new enterprise manager
Safaricom on Wednesday announced the appointment of Cynthia Karuri-Kropac as its Chief Enterprise Business Officer effective 1st September 2022. Cynthia…
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Flutterwave’s New Chief People and Culture Officer Mansi Babyloni Empowers Young Africans with Tech Skills
Nigerian fintech company, Flutterwave, has appointed Mansi Babyloni as the new Chief People and Culture Officer. This was contained in…
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Microsoft Appoints Phyllis Migwi New Kenya Country Manager
It has been a couple of months since Kendi Ntwiga who headed Microsoft as Kenya’s country manager left for Meta,…
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Nigerian Startup Klasha Appoints Ayman Jawhar as New Chief Product Officer
Lagos and San Francisco-based Klasha has appointed Ayman Jawhar as its new Chief Product Officer. Ayman will be based in the United…
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Jumia Kenya CEO Betty Mwangi leaves the company after 9 months
Jumia Kenya CEO Betty Mwangi is leaving the e-commerce firm. Jumia in a statement today says Betty is leaving to…
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Ashish Malhotra takes over from Prasanta Das Sarma as new Airtel Kenya MD
Airtel Kenya has today announced the appointment of Mr. Ashish Malhotra as its Managing Director. Mr. Malhotra takes over from…
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Flutterwave Has Appointed Former American Express Executive as New CFO
Flutterwave has announced the appointment of Oneal Bhambani as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Bhambani joins the Nigerian fintech…
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Kendi Ntwiga Appointed Global Head of Misrepresentation at Meta
Kendi Ntwiga, a distinguished leader in the ICT sector who’s worked at top level multinationals has been appointed Global Head…
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Dimension Data appoints Alan Turnley-Jones CEO for its Middle East and Africa Business
Dimension Data has announced the appointment of Alan Turnley-Jones as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dimension Data Middle East and…
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B2B eCommerce platform TradeDepot appoints Chidi Akubuiro as Managing Director for West Africa
TradeDepot, a B2B eCommerce and embedded finance platform in Africa, has appointed former Coca Cola HBC and Hayat Kimya Nigeria…
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Jack Ngare Leaves Microsoft ADC for Google Cloud
Former Managing Director of Microsoft Africa Development Centre (ADC) Jack Ngare has moved to Google Cloud Office as Technical Director…
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Safaricom’s Chief of Special Projects Retires After 17 Years
Safaricom’s long-serving Chief of Special Projects Joe Ogutu is set to retire after serving the company for 17 years. Ogutu,…
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Lipa Later appoints AliExpress Co- Founder Tom Gong its new CTO
Kenyan buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) company Lipa Later has appointed Tom Gong, Co-Founder AliExpress and former Technical Program Manager for Google Wallet,…
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Kenyan Mobile commerce startup Copia appoints former Amazon Executive to its Board
Copia Global, a Kenyan-based mobile commerce platform has appointed of former Amazon executive Jason Murray to its Board. Jason brings…
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Nokia appoints Pius Ang’asa Country Manager for Kenya
Nokia has appointed Pius Ang’asa as Country Manager for Kenya. Pius will be the primary interface with local authorities and…
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Vodacom subsidiary XLink appoints Thanusha Govender new Managing Director
XLink, a subsidiary of the Vodacom Group and provider of secure payment connectivity solutions, has appointed Thanusha Govender as its new Managing…
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Samsung appoints Tae Sun Lee new MD for East Africa
Samsung Electronics has appointed Mr. Tae Sun Lee as the new East Africa Managing Director effective January 2022. He takes…
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MTN Mobile Money Uganda appoints Richard Yego new Managing Director
MTN Mobile Money Uganda, a 100% duly owned subsidiary of MTN Uganda has announced the appointment of Richard Yego as…
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Moringa School names Scale-Up Specialist Snehar Shah New CEO
Learning-accelerator Moringa School has appointed Snehar Shah as its new CEO. Snehar succeeds Audrey Cheng and brings a vast experience…
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Ababacar Diaw appointed CEO of Allianz Ghana Non-Life
Allianz Africa has appointed Ababacar Diaw, as the new CEO of Allianz Ghana Non-Life, effective January 17th 2022, subject to necessary…
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IBM Appoints Julia Carvalho GM for Growth Markets in Africa
IBM has announced the appointment of Julia Carvalho as General Manager for IBM Growth Markets, Africa. Ms. Carvalho will be…
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LG appoints William Cho its new CEO
LG Electronics has today announced the appointment of William Cho as its new CEO effective December 1. Mr. Cho has…
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Tanzania’s ISP Raha Limited appoints Denny Marandure new CEO
Liquid Intelligent Technologies has appointed Mr. Denny Marandure the new Chief Executive Officer for Raha Limited. Raha Limited is Tanzania’s…
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Wael Elkabbany to head Microsoft’s newly established Africa Transformation Office
Microsoft has appointed Wael Elkabbany to lead its newly established Africa Transformation Office (ATO). Under Elkabbany’s leadership, the ATO will…
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SEACOM appoints Tejpal Bedi Managing Director for ENEA region
SEACOM has announced the appointment of Tejpal Bedi to the role of Managing Director and Regional Head of Sales for the ENEA…
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Mastercard names Gabriel Swanepoel new Country Manager for South Africa
Mastercard has appointed Gabriel Swanepoel as the new Country Manager for Mastercard in South Africa. Gabriel previously served as the Vice…
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Safaricom’s Chief Corporate Affairs Officer Steve Chege joins Vodacom Group
Safaricom’s Chief Corporate Affairs Officer Stephen Chege is joining Vodacom Group. According to a statement by Safaricom, Steve will be…
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Cellulant Confirms Akshay Grover as New CEO
Kenyan-based payments firm Cellulant has named Akshay Grover its new CEO effective May. Akshay has been holding the position in an acting capacity…
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Ushahidi’s Executive Director and AkiraChix co-founder Angela Oduor joins the Creative Commons board
Angela Oduor, the current Executive Director for Ushahidi and co-founder AkiraChix is among the three members who have been appointed…
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Segun Ogunsanya officially takes over as Airtel Africa New CEO
Olusegun “Segun” Ogunsanya, has officially taken over as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer for Airtel Africa. The African arm…
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Kenyan-based B2B Retail Startup MarketForce appoints Arthur Bourekas as Chief Commercial Officer
MarketForce, the Kenya and Nigeria-based B2B platform for retail distribution of consumer goods and digital financial services in Africa, has…
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Dimension Data Tanzania Names Christopher Makyao New MD
Dimension Data has appointed Christopher Makyao as the Managing Director for its Tanzania business. Dimension Data East and West Africa Managing…
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George Oyuga joins Zamara Group as new Head of Umbrella and Retail Solutions
Zamara on Thursday announced the appointment of George Oyuga as the New Head of Umbrella and Retail Solutions. He takes…
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Equity Group Appoints Jonas Mushosho New Non – Executive Director to its Board
Equity Group Holdings has announced the appointment of Jonas Mushosho as a Non-Executive Director to its board. His appointment follows…
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Maramoja Transport Appoints Three New Board Members To Help Strengthen its Taxi Business
Kenyan taxi app Maramoja Transport Board has appointed three new members to help fortify the firm’s business strategy in the region.…
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Google Cloud appoints Niral Patel Regional Director for Sub-Saharan Africa
Google Cloud has appointed former Oracle South Africa Managing Director Niral Patel as Regional Director for Sub-Saharan Africa. Before Oracle, Patel…
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Telkom South Africa appoints Serame Taukobong Group CEO Designate
Telkom South Africa has announced the appointment of Serame Taukobong as Group CEO Designate with effect from 01 October 2021. Making the…
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Liquid Intelligent Technologies appoints Martin Mushambadope new CEO for South Sudan
Liquid Intelligent Technologies has appointed Martin Mushambadope as the Chief Executive Officer for its operations in South Sudan. Martin brings over…
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IFC appoints Kalim Shah as Senior Country Manager for Nigeria
To support the long-term, inclusive growth of Nigeria’s private sector, IFC has appointed Kalim Shah as its Senior Country Manager…
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GPE Appoints Anwar Soussa To Lead Safaricom-Led Consortium Operations in Ethiopia
The Global Partnership for Ethiopia (GPE) on Monday appointed Mr. Anwar Soussa as the Managing Director (MD) of the Operating…
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Former Interswitch Sales Network Lead Karimi Ithau Appointed New Kenswitch Kenya Managing Director
Payments service provider Kenswitch Kenya has appointed Ms. Karimi Ithau as its new Managing Director. Ms. Karimu joins Kenswitch from Interswitch…
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E-Logistics startup Lori Systems appoints Uche Ogboi as its new CEO
Lori Systems, Africa’s e-logistics platform has announced the appointment of Uche Ogboi as its new Chief Executive Officer. Ogboi takes…
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