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Wim, the ex-MTN Uganda CEO who quadrupled profits in 6 years, appointed Safaricom Ethiopia CEO

Muhereza KyamuteteraC-Suite Leadership Company News The Big StoryJune 28, 2023July 1, 2023

Hardly a year into his new role as Operating Executive for the MTN Group’s WECA Markets of Liberia, Guinea-Conakry, Guinea-Bissau, and Congo-Brazzaville, Wim Vanhellepute, has been picked by Safaricom Plc, to head its Ethiopian unit⏤ Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia Plc. The Ethiopian unit is owned by Safaricom Plc, Vodafone Group, Vodacom Group, Sumitomo Corporation and British International Investment (formerly known as CDC Group) and was licensed on 9 July 2021. According to an official announcement by Safaricom Group on its social channels, Wim will replace Anwar Soussa as CEO, effective 1st September 2023. It is not clear why Anwar, Safaricom…

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Ex Airtel Uganda CEO Anwar Soussa Appointed MD Safaricom-Global Partnership for Ethiopia

CEO ReporterThe Big StoryJuly 6, 2021July 6, 2021

The Safaricom-Global Partnership for Ethiopia has appointed former Airtel Uganda chief executive officer Anwar Soussa as the Managing Director of the Operating Company in Ethiopia. Soussa served as chief executive officer Airtel Uganda from June 2016 to September 2017. Anwar and his predecessor, Tom Gutjahr who run Airtel Uganda between 2014 and 2016, are credited for consolidating Airtel’s merger with Warid Telecom and growing turnover from UGX722 billion in 2014 to nearly UGX1.16 trillion at the end of 2017. Airtel Uganda would reverse its sticky loss-making streak to become profitable (UGX160 billion profit in 2016 and UGX245 billion in 2017….

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