Tag: Sylvia Mulinge
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Six days after announcing that Anwar Soussa would exit his position as the CEO of Safaricom Ethiopia at the end of July 2023, the telco has followed up with an update, stating that Wim Vanhelleputte has been picked to take over the role as from September this year, a month after the formal departure of…
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Safaricom has announced that Sylvia Mulinge, the telco’s Chief Consumer Business Officer, will be leaving the company to take up a new role outside the firm. Ms Mulinge’s last working day at the telco will be September 30, 2022, three months from now. Mulinge joined Safaricom in 2006 and has held various senior roles. She…
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After almost 2 years since the departure of its former CEO Ian Ferrao who moved to Lesotho to head the group’s operations in the South African country, Vodacom Tanzania has finally settled on Hisham Hendi from Egypt as its next Managing Director. Hendi’s appointment brings to an end the telco’s long search for its new…
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Vodacom Tanzania has now renewed the search for a CEO after it became apparent that Sylvia Mulinge, Safaricom’s previous head of Consumer Business who had been seconded to the telco as CEO from Kenya, has been denied a work permit by the Tanzanian government. In early April, Safaricom had announced that Ms Mulinge would leave the…
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After 12 years of (one could say ‘distinguished’) service, Sylvia Mulinge – one of the most visible faces at Safaricom – is leaving the telco to assume a bigger role as the MD of Vodacom Tanzania. Currently the Director for Consumer Business, where she’s been in charge of a huge portfolio of services and products…