Former MTN Group CEO Sifiso Dabengwa, who served the company from March 2011 to November 2015, has passed away.
Former MTN Group CEO Sifiso Dabengwa has passed on, according to Chris Maroleng , the telco's former group executive corporate affairs, who announced the news on X .
Dabengwa served as CEO of MTN until his departure due to problems in Nigeria, the company's largest market. He resigned from MTN in early November 2015, two weeks after the company disclosed that it was facing a $5.2 billion fines in Nigeria for failing to disconnect 5.1 million unregistered subscribers.
From March 2011 to November 2015, the telecom veteran served as MTN Group's CEO. In 2004, he joined MTN as managing director of its South African business. He was later elevated to COO and also served as CEO of MTN Nigeria till 2006. Before joining the MTN Group, he was an executive director at Eskom. Dabengwa held a BSc in Electrical Engineering and an MBA.: “It is with a heavy heart that I heard of the passing of my mentor and friend, Sifiso Dabengwa. As my boss, he played a pivotal role in introducing me to the telecommunications world during his tenure as the CEO of the MTN Group.
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