Wim Vanhelleputte to lead Safaricom’s Ethiopia venture
Vanhelleputte, who joins from South Africa’s MTN Group where he served in various roles over the years, including as head of MTN Uganda, will replace Anwar Soussa, who will leave his post at the end of next month.
The Belgian national will be in charge of delivering the company’s ambitious growth targets in the vast market where it started operations last year.Apart from signing on new subscribers, Safaricom is also introducing its M-Pesa financial services in the next few months, after securing a financial licence in May.
the markets of Liberia, Guinea Conakry, Guinea Bissau and Congo Brazzaville, and provide general operations support across the same region,Blewett most recently served as group chief operating officer at Digicel, based in Kingston, Jamaica. Before that, he was CEO of MTN Cameroon. He also previously worked for Autopage Cellular , Telkom Mobile and MCell Mozambique. —
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