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M-KOPA Appoints Ex-Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri as Board Chair
Fintech company M-KOPA has announced the appointment of Rajeev Suri as Chairperson of its Board, effective 1st December 2024. Suri…
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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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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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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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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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VFS Global appoints Jose Manuel Aisa Mancho as CFO
VFS Global, the world’s largest outsourcing and technology services specialist for governments and diplomatic missions, appointed Jose Manuel Aisa Mancho…
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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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John Paul Okwiri confirmed as Konza Technopolis new CEO
Konza Technopolis Development Authority (KoTDA) has today announced the appointment of Mr John Paul Okwiri as its new CEO. Prior…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Frank Molla joins BPC Banking Technologies as MD for Sub-Saharan Africa
BPC Banking Technologies has appointed Frank Molla as its Managing Director for Sub-Saharan Africa. Frank is a former Director of…
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SAP Names Claudio Muruzabal Regional President of Africa
SAP has appointed Claudio Muruzabal as the new President for SAP’s EMEA south region that comprises Southern Europe, the Middle…
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Liquid Telecom appoints Mark Townsend as CEO of Zambia business
Liquid Telecom has appointed Mark Townsend as CEO of Liquid Telecom Zambia. Mark takes over from Susan Mulikita who resigned…
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Jack Ngare named managing director for Microsoft’s African Development Centre in Kenya
Microsoft has appointed Finserve Africa’s Jack Ngare as the managing director of Africa Development Centre in Kenya that was launched…
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Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa (MIIA) Appoints John Kamara As New Director
Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa (MIIA) has appointed Nigerian Visionary and Thought Leader, John Kamara, as its new Director. The…
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Internet Solutions names former Vodafone Global Enterprise Country Head its new CCO
Integrated ICT Services Provider, Internet Solutions (IS) has named Sylvester Mboya its new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). Mboya, a former…
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Kaspersky Lab names Bethwel Opil as Enterprise Sales Manager for Africa
Bethwel Opil has been appointed as the Enterprise Sales Manager for Kaspersky Lab in Kenya. The appointment will see Opil…
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Microsoft South Africa appoints Lillian Barnard as new Managing Director
Barnard, the current Director for Public Sector at Microsoft, will replace Zoaib Hoosen who has resigned after nearly five years…
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Mugo Kibati appointed new Telkom Kenya CEO
Telkom Kenya has announced the appointment of Mugo Kibati as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He takes over from Aldo…
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DPO Group names Lourens Brink as new Chief Financial Officer
African payment service provider DPO Group has named Lourens Brink as the Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective August 1, 2018.…
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Equity Appoints Mary Wangari Wamae as Group Executive Director
Equity Group Holdings has appointed its long-serving Group Director of Strategy, Legal Services and Company Secretary Mrs. Mary Wangari Wamae…
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Liquid Telecom names Ahmad Mokhles as its Group Chief Operating Officer
Liquid Telecom has announced the appointment of Ahmad Mokhles as its Group Chief Operating Officer (GCOO), a new position within…
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