eMedia CEO breaks silence on eNCA retrenchments

eMedia CEO breaks silence on eNCA retrenchments

eMedia CEO Khalik Sherrif eMedia CEO Khalik Sherrif has rejected reports that more than half of eNCA’s staff are set to lose their jobs, saying the 171 employees caught up in the news channel’s restructuring are everyone the law requires to be included in the process, not the number who will be retrenched. “It was…

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Toluna Announces Planned CEO Transition After 25 Years; Founder Frédéric Charles Petit to remain as Board Member, Senior Advisor and Shareholder

Toluna Announces Planned CEO Transition After 25 Years; Founder Frédéric Charles Petit to remain as Board Member, Senior Advisor and Shareholder

Toluna, a global leader in consumer insights and market research technology, today announces a planned leadership transition. After 25 years leading the company he founded, Frédéric Charles Petit, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, intends to transition from his role as CEO following the appointment of his successor as part of a carefully planned succession process…

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Seacom CEO placed on leave

Seacom CEO placed on leave

Seacom CEO Alpheus Mangale has been placed on special leave. (Image supplied) Seacom Group CEO Alpheus Mangale has been placed on special leave pending an investigation, with group CFO Charl Slabbert appointed as interim CEO during his absence. In a statement sent to ITWeb, Seacom confirms its board of directors is overseeing the process, but…

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Seacom CEO Alpheus Mangale quits Absa board

Seacom CEO Alpheus Mangale quits Absa board

Seacom CEO Alpheus Mangale Alpheus Mangale, the Seacom CEO who has been placed on special leave pending an independent investigation, has resigned from the board of Absa Group with immediate effect. In an investor statement late on Thursday, Absa said Mangale had resigned as an independent non-executive director, effective 8 October, “due to personal reasons…

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Africa: Lapid Leaders Africa CEO Esther Mwaniki Calls On Women to Lead Beyond Representation

Africa: Lapid Leaders Africa CEO Esther Mwaniki Calls On Women to Lead Beyond Representation

Nairobi — Women leaders should move beyond securing positions of influence and focus on using their platforms to create opportunities and build institutions that benefit future generations, Lapid Leaders Africa Founder and CEO Esther Mwaniki has said. Mwaniki said representation remains important but should not be treated as the ultimate measure of progress for women…

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Seacom CEO Alpheus Mangale on special leave pending probe

Seacom CEO Alpheus Mangale on special leave pending probe

Seacom CEO Alpheus Mangale Seacom’s board has placed CEO Alpheus Mangale on special leave and appointed an independent third party to investigate allegations it received about how the company was being run, chairman Pieter Uys told TechCentral on Wednesday. Chief financial officer Charl Slabbert is standing in as interim CEO of the subsea and terrestrial…

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MTN Group CEO keeps seat on GSMA board

MTN Group CEO keeps seat on GSMA board

MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita. MTN Group president and CEO Ralph Mupita has been re-elected to the GSM Association (GSMA) board of directors, for the 2027–2028 term. This, after joining the board last year as deputy chairperson. “It is a privilege to continue serving on the GSMA board,” says Mupita. “This term comes as AI…

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Warren Wheatley resigns as Africa Bitcoin CEO

Warren Wheatley resigns as Africa Bitcoin CEO

Warren Wheatley Warren Wheatley has resigned as CEO and as an employee of Africa Bitcoin Corporation with effect from 21 September, severing his last remaining ties to the JSE-listed company he founded. The company said in an investor statement on Tuesday morning that the board had accepted the resignation. Wheatley had been on precautionary leave…

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