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Selorm is the chief executive officer of MTN, Ghana, appointed in June 2018. Prior to this, he was the chief executive officer of Digicel, Haiti. Selorm is a seasoned telecoms and financial services business leader with over 22 years of experience spanning several years in the UK, USA, Caribbean...

Over 20 years of experience in Telco industry with an excellent track record for successful transformation with transferable skills gained in Central, East and West Africa region with professional and international experience. A proactive, extremely committed and dynamic qualified professional...

Hussam has 19 years’ experience in telecom industry with proven track of turning around commercial performance. Hussam is the Marketing Director at Airtel Zambia, Prior that he was Chief Marketing Officer at Sudatel Telecom Group (STG), also he worked in leading organizations such as Ericsson and...

George Debbo has been involved in the telecommunication industry for 40 years. He worked in an Executive position within Telkom SA until 2000, at which time he left to join the vendor community. Within the vendor community he served as Technical Director for Marconi South Africa from 2000 to 2006...

Shoaib Khan is Chief Technology Officer at Cable and Wireless, Seychelles. He leads the Technical and Innovation segment and is responsible for product development, engineering and technical operations. His achievements include building and maintaining significant advantage over the competitor in...

Charlie Kraus is Sr. Manager Product Marketing at Limelight Networks, a Content Delivery Network provider, looking after online video delivery solutions and cloud security services. Charlie launched his career in the Boston area with a succession of high-tech startups in the data networking and...

Sean McCormick has more than 20 years’ experience in the telecommunication industry in Africa. Sean’s deep market expertise, operational experience and commercial skills have helped him to build several successful telecoms businesses in Africa, all of which continue to grow and expand. His...

Simo Mkhize joined Cell C as the Chief Commercial Officer on 1 April 2020. His career of 23 years in the Telecoms industry, which includes about 5 years at Cell C previously, spans across South Africa, Europe and rest of Africa. This encompasses extensive technical and commercial experience in...

Kevin is an experienced business development professional having worked in the technology industry for almost 15 years. His specific interests lie in bridging the connectivity divide that exists in Pan-Africa and this has shaped his journey over the years working with different organizations that...

Mohamed Nasr is the Assistant Minister for Global Information Infrastructure (GII) at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) in Egypt, since May 2020.Nasr’s responsibilities include supporting MCIT plan for maximizing the State’s returns of the global ICT infrastructure...

21 years’ experience in the technology domain, holding senior and executive positions in Africa, MEA and Asia-Pacific with Key Vendors and Key Operators.   Experienced in emergent markets with a focus on the regulatory, innovation and development aspects. Involved in many network developments from ...

Aminata Ndiaye has over fifteen years of successful experience in marketing, communication, mobile banking, digital transformation and management in the telecommunications industry. After starting her career at Accenture in change management, she joined the Orange Group in 2004. In 2018, she is...

George Njuguna is the Director, Information Technology (CIO) of Safaricom PLC, responsible for Information Technology and Digital Engineering. Prior to joining Safaricom, he was the Chief Operating Officer of HF Group, overseeing Technology, Operations and Customer Experience. He has spent 13 years ...

An electrical engineer by profession, António Nunes has over 20 years of experience in the international telecom industry.   He was CEO of Angola Cables until 2020, a position he held since the company was established in 2009.   Nunes studied at the Technical University of Dresden in...

Obinna is an accomplished Telecom Business Executive and Consultant with extensive experience leading people inside and outside of organizations, developing and executing strategy, leading commercial initiatives and spearheading business transformation programs in Sales, Customer Services, Business ...

Richard Osborne is the Group SVP of Strategy & Commercial Operations at Virgin Mobile Middle East and Africa. Since joining VMMEA in 2016 Richard has been a key influence in the company’s growth in the region, driving the expansion of Virgin Mobile’s fully digital platform and mobile & MFS...

Mrs Claire Paponneau is the Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer of Mauritius Telecom as from August 2016. She has over 30 years of international experience in the telecom industry with a strong focus on delivering value and on developing business.      As a results-oriented...

With more than 23 years’ experience within Vodacom South Africa, Karen’s advocacy for the digital inclusion of disabled and elderly persons has established her as a global industry expert in accessible information communication technology. Utilising her experiences of a disabled user and an...

With over 14 years within the Submarine Telecom industry, Haitham has been involved in all technical and business aspects of Submarine and Terrestrial networks including Submarine Cable planning and engineering, project management, network operations, investment models and agreements, international ...