Ramaphosa pays tribute to MTN’s Nhleko (video)
MTN Group chairman Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday delivered a tribute to outgoing CEO and president Phuthuma Nhleko, who is leaving the telecommunications operator at the end of March. See the video here
MTN’s Nhleko joins BP board
Outgoing MTN Group CEO Phuthuma Nhleko has been appointed to the board of British energy giant BP. The appointment is effective 1 February. Nhleko is stepping down as CEO of MTN at the end of March, but will
TalkCentral: Episode 20 – ‘Standardised’
In the first TalkCentral podcast of 2011, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Candice Jones find that that there is an enormous amount to chat about — surprisingly, given the silly season shutdown
Two centres of power at MTN ‘unlikely’
There is little risk of MTN creating two centres of power, one around CEO-designate Sifiso Dabengwa and the other around the still-to-be-appointed CEO of MTN International. That’s the view of Kristoff Puelinckx
Dabengwa to succeed Nhleko at MTN
Sifiso Dabengwa will replace Phuthuma Nhleko as MTN group CEO and president on 1 April, the mobile operator announced on Monday morning. Mr Dabengwa, aged 53, has a BSc in electrical engineering and an MBA
SA Newsmakers of the Year (part 1)
If you think 2010 disappeared in a flash, you’re not the only one. It’s been a tumultuous and fast-paced year in local IT and telecommunications, especially in politics. Communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda was axed, replaced
TalkCentral: Episode 17 – ‘Digital dividend’
Episode 17 of TalkCentral, TechCentral’s weekly podcast, is ready to go. This week Duncan McLeod and Candice Jones talk about the decision by a Southern African
Ramaphosa takes R187m bet on MTN
Shanduka Group, controlled by leading black businessman Cyril Ramaphosa, has acquired a vast economic interest in the telecommunications group.
Santie Botha nets R13m in MTN share sale
Outgoing MTN Group marketing director Santie Botha has become the latest in a growing list of senior executives at the JSE-listed cellphone giant to sell shares worth millions of rand. Botha, who announced recently she would leave
Nhleko bags R424m in MTN share sale
MTN Group CEO Phuthuma Nhleko has offloaded more than 3,2m shares in the mobile telecommunications group. The shares have netted Nhleko a cool R424m. The sale comes just months before Nhleko is due to leave the group