Mulinge Sylvia, MTN Uganda’s first female Chief Executive Officer, who was appointed in June 2022 has officially started work today. Her tenure started on 1st October, which was a Saturday. She takes over from Andrew Bugembe the MTN Uganda CFO who has been in an acting capacity since August when Wim Vanhellepute left to take up his new assignment in West Africa as the MTN Group’s Chief Operations Executive, a newly created role, to oversee Liberia, Guinea-Conakry, Guinea-Bissau, and Congo-Brazzaville. We do understand that Sylvia’s first assignment is a staff town hall meeting held at the company’s offices in Industrial…
Mulinge Sylvia, MTN Uganda’s new and first female CEO, takes office today

Mulinge Sylvia, a seasoned telecom executive who has spent 15 years at Safaricom PLC, a USD15 billion out-of-Kenya telecom behemoth. Shareholders will be looking up to her, to keep an aggressive yet penny-wise Airtel Uganda at bay.



