Safaricom Ethiopia’s Chief Executive Officer,
Anwar Soussa will be leaving the business on 31st July 2023
once his secondment comes to an end, according to a statement released on
Safaricom Plc's official social media Linkedin platform.
According to the statement, Anwar joined
Safaricom Ethiopia in August 2021 to lead the establishment of the
organization, set up business operations, and roll out a high-quality network.
“As the first CEO of Safaricom Ethiopia, Anwar
has overseen the attainment of significant milestones in a highly dynamic
environment, including onboarding the team and successfully launching
commercial operations of the second telecommunications operator in Ethiopia,” the statement
noted.
Touting some of his major achievements,
Safaricom PLC mentioned that aside from steering Safaricom Ethiopia to acquire
over 4 million customers, with the network now covering more than 25 percent of
the population and speed across 50 cities and towns, Anwar also led Ethiopia’s
second mobile network operator to secure a mobile financial service license,
paving the way for the launch of M-PESA.
By: Nana Appiah Acquaye
