Wim Vanhelleputte will take over as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia PLC starting September 1 . Vanhelleputte joins the telco from MTN Group , where he has been serving as Operations Executive since August 2022 . "We are pleased to announce the appointment of Wim Vanhelleputte as the Chief Executive Officer of the Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia PLC effective 1st September 2023 ," Safaricom announced on its LinkedIn page. Soussa, who is the founding CEO of Safaricom Ethiopia, led the establishment of the organization and the launch of mobile money services in the Horn of Africa country. From 2016 until last year, Vanhelleputte served as CEO of MTN Uganda .

Source: Ethiopian News June 28, 2023 21:10 UTC