The Global Partnership for Ethiopia (GPE) has on Monday appointed Anwar Soussa as the Managing Director of the Operating Company in Ethiopia, effective July 1, 2021. Anwar is currently the Managing Director of Vodacom DRC and the Chairperson of Vodacash (M-PESA), a position he has held since 2017. He has cemented Vodacom DRC as the largest Vodacom operation outside of South Africa by driving major strides in operational performance, crossing the $500M USD in service revenue mark for the first time in 2020. Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa in a statement said Anwar will lead the Ethiopian Operating Company on behalf of the Global Partnership for Ethiopia Consortium. Prior to joining Vodacom, Anwar served as the Chief Executive Officer of Airtel in Uganda and Chad.

Source: Ethiopian News July 05, 2021 13:07 UTC