Safaricom Hires Managing Director of Citibank
Safaricom, a Kenyan telecommunications service provider, has hired the managing director of Citibank to be in charge of strategy and acquisitions. The telco is currently seeking regulatory approvals to launch insurance, unit trust, and savings products in an endeavour to compete with larger financial services and expand its mobile money platform M-Pesa. Michael Mutiga, MD…
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Gijima Appoints New Group Managing Executive
Gijima, a South African Information and Communications Technology (ICT) company has announced the appointment of Hamilton Ratshefola as its new Group Managing Executive (GME) whilst Maphum Nxumalo, the previous GME, who has been with the company for 8 years, leaves Gijima. Nxumalo had been a Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Acting Group Chief Executive (GCE)…
Google Appoints Former Microsoft Nairobi Boss
Google has appointed former head of the Microsoft Africa Development Centre (ADC) Jack Ngare as the new technical director in the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (CTO). “Google Cloud’s Office of the CTO not only helps our customers create their future with technology but also guides Google on what challenges the world’s enterprises are…
Altron Appoints New Acting CEO
Altron, the JSE-listed technology company, has announced the appointment of Stewart van Graan as new executive chairman and acting CEO effective 1 July 2022. In January, Altron announced that CEO Mteto Nyati will step down from his role as of 30 June 2022. This decision, according to the company, was informed by Nyati’s impending completion…
Nutanix Appoints New CFO
Nutanix, a leader in hybrid multi-cloud computing, today announced the appointment of Rukmini Sivaraman as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective May 1, 2022. Sivaraman will succeed Duston Williams, who is leaving to become CFO of a pre-IPO company in a different space. Williams will remain with Nutanix through April 30, 2022, and work closely with…
Kenya’s Lipa Later Scores AliExpress Co-Founder as New CTO
Lipa Later, a first-of-its-kind buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) company operating in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and Nigeria, has appointed Tom Gong as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Gong’s previous experience includes being the co-founder of massive China-based retail service AliExpress, and former Technical Program Manager for Google Wallet. Gong will be joining Lipa Later as its new…
South Africa’s Absa Bank Appoints New CEO
South Africa’s Absa Bank Group has appointed Arrie Rautenbach as its new CEO effective immediately. Rautenbach had currently been serving as Absa’s head of retail and business banking and will now be leaping to the head of the banking group, replacing the previous CEO Daniel Mminele who quit the bank in April last year. “The…
HPE South Africa Announces Two New Leadership Appointments
On Friday, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) South Africa, a multinational technology company, announced two new appointments to the country’s leadership team. Michael Langeveld is appointed as Chief Technology Officer, and Celeste Le Grange assumes the position of Head of Channel, Commercial, Mid-Market, and SMB. HPE says the appointments will help accelerate the company’s strategy of…
Why Business Leaders Should Opt for Building Talent Instead of Hiring It
The perception of the workplace has changed drastically since 2020. The business world witnessed the rising popularity of remote work and the Great Resignation wave that came in the aftermath of the Covid-19 crisis, shaking numerous businesses globally. The Tech industry was among those most affected by these shifts, marking this period with tight competition…
New Bitcoin SV Ambassadors Appointed for East & West Africa
The Bitcoin Satoshi’s Vision (BSV) blockchain’s – the original Bitcoin blockchain created in 2018 – Switzerland-based organisation has appointed two new BSV Ambassadors as part of its global ambassador programme. Mohammed Ibrahim Jega and Geoffrey Weli-Wosu have both been appointed as BSV Ambassadors for West and East Africa – sharing the title for both regions….