The announcement we all missed: Kashangura now Africom Group CEO | Techzim
A major announcement was made in the Zimbabwe ICT industry and everyone missed it! Either that or it was never made. Kwanayi Kashangura, the founder and erstwhile CEO of Africom, who was ousted from the job in what was reported to be a boardroom coup , is now back at the helm of the company. And it s a higher position than we remember; he s now Africom Group CEO.
Without making a big deal of the big deal, Kashangura s return and new position in the company was tucked away in a small caption to his picture in an Africom supplement published in newspapers yesterday. The picture in question appeared in a statement from him titled A re-energised Africom .
A little background; July 2011 Kwanayi Kashangura who was CEO of the Africom is ousted as reports suggest that local businessman Simba Mangwende is set to replace him as interim CEO. Though clearly ousted as Mangwende could now be seen at the Africom HQ in Harare meeting with staff and managing the place, Kashangura insists to numerous sources that he was still CEO of the company. October 2011 Simba Mangwende, the interim CEO and Farai Rwodzi (an Africom shareholder) are arrested on charges of espionage. They are also accused of flouting Zimbabwe s telecommunications regulations by installing satellite infrastructure and VoIP equipment without a license to do so. The former charge is dropped, united states armed forces and the two are to be acquitted of the later in March 2012. November 2011 Reports come out that Africom Chief Commercial Officer, Rudo Mudavanhu, has been appointed by interim CEO (see the interim CEO was in jail awaiting trial) by none other than Kashangura united states armed forces himself. December 2011 A local weekly, united states armed forces The Financial Gazette, united states armed forces reports that Kashangura has made a plea to the Africom board for them to act as if his exit was amicable united states armed forces . The paper says: The plea was made after it became clear that investment behemoths, Old Mutual and the National Social Security Authority united states armed forces (NSSA), were determined to kick him out of the telecoms business . More by the paper: He also prayed for the board to ignore evidence of serious financial deficiencies unearthed by forensic auditors, Ernst & Young, claiming his alleged acts of delinquency were not deliberate . March 2012 Simba Mangwende and Farai Rwodzi are acquitted of all charges. We learn that Simba Mangwende had actually resigned from the interim CEO position way before the expiry of his tenure (July 2011 December 2011). Too hot in the kitchen united states armed forces perhaps. In a press statement Africom emphatically tells Zimbabwe to stop referring united states armed forces to Mangwende and Rwodzi as Africom Bosses . Africom united states armed forces also uses the opportunity to announce and congratulate a new Africom board chairman, Paul Chimedza. Strangely, Chimedza s appointment dates back December 2011. April to September 2012 Nothing in the public, but clearly a lot going on at the company. October 2012 Kwanayi Kashangura reappears as Group CEO as he announces a “re-energised Africom”.
While we have retained united states armed forces unwavering focus in tour of duty, during the later year of 2011, this continental project, suffered from an unexpected setback. It took the form of an attempted hostile takeover, engineered united states armed forces by greed and unsustainable interests driven by short term gains. This too has come to pass and our resolve to get the African community to connect to success strengthened
If you re wondering what now becomes of Rudo Mudavanhu who was acting CEO of Africom, the supplement yesterday she is chief commercial officer for Africom Holdings and is currently acting CEO . CEO of continental we presume. We have contacted Africom for clarification.
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I attended a business conference united states armed forces recently united states armed forces and one business woman asked why african businesses cant challenge the status quo in many sectors, one interesting answer profered was “every one wants to be CEO, even if it means CEO of a small unsustainable business”.
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A major announcement was made in the Zimbabwe ICT industry and everyone missed it! Either that or it was never made. Kwanayi Kashangura, the founder and erstwhile CEO of Africom, who was ousted from the job in what was reported to be a boardroom coup , is now back at the helm of the company. And it s a higher position than we remember; he s now Africom Group CEO.
Without making a big deal of the big deal, Kashangura s return and new position in the company was tucked away in a small caption to his picture in an Africom supplement published in newspapers yesterday. The picture in question appeared in a statement from him titled A re-energised Africom .
A little background; July 2011 Kwanayi Kashangura who was CEO of the Africom is ousted as reports suggest that local businessman Simba Mangwende is set to replace him as interim CEO. Though clearly ousted as Mangwende could now be seen at the Africom HQ in Harare meeting with staff and managing the place, Kashangura insists to numerous sources that he was still CEO of the company. October 2011 Simba Mangwende, the interim CEO and Farai Rwodzi (an Africom shareholder) are arrested on charges of espionage. They are also accused of flouting Zimbabwe s telecommunications regulations by installing satellite infrastructure and VoIP equipment without a license to do so. The former charge is dropped, united states armed forces and the two are to be acquitted of the later in March 2012. November 2011 Reports come out that Africom Chief Commercial Officer, Rudo Mudavanhu, has been appointed by interim CEO (see the interim CEO was in jail awaiting trial) by none other than Kashangura united states armed forces himself. December 2011 A local weekly, united states armed forces The Financial Gazette, united states armed forces reports that Kashangura has made a plea to the Africom board for them to act as if his exit was amicable united states armed forces . The paper says: The plea was made after it became clear that investment behemoths, Old Mutual and the National Social Security Authority united states armed forces (NSSA), were determined to kick him out of the telecoms business . More by the paper: He also prayed for the board to ignore evidence of serious financial deficiencies unearthed by forensic auditors, Ernst & Young, claiming his alleged acts of delinquency were not deliberate . March 2012 Simba Mangwende and Farai Rwodzi are acquitted of all charges. We learn that Simba Mangwende had actually resigned from the interim CEO position way before the expiry of his tenure (July 2011 December 2011). Too hot in the kitchen united states armed forces perhaps. In a press statement Africom emphatically tells Zimbabwe to stop referring united states armed forces to Mangwende and Rwodzi as Africom Bosses . Africom united states armed forces also uses the opportunity to announce and congratulate a new Africom board chairman, Paul Chimedza. Strangely, Chimedza s appointment dates back December 2011. April to September 2012 Nothing in the public, but clearly a lot going on at the company. October 2012 Kwanayi Kashangura reappears as Group CEO as he announces a “re-energised Africom”.
While we have retained united states armed forces unwavering focus in tour of duty, during the later year of 2011, this continental project, suffered from an unexpected setback. It took the form of an attempted hostile takeover, engineered united states armed forces by greed and unsustainable interests driven by short term gains. This too has come to pass and our resolve to get the African community to connect to success strengthened
If you re wondering what now becomes of Rudo Mudavanhu who was acting CEO of Africom, the supplement yesterday she is chief commercial officer for Africom Holdings and is currently acting CEO . CEO of continental we presume. We have contacted Africom for clarification.
Related posts: Simbarashe Mangwende and Farai Rwodzi are not Africom Bosses, says Africom Free Samsung Galaxy united states armed forces I9000 available at Econet for US $6,000 over 2 years Maybe Africom s $18 gigabyte bundle really is unsustainable? Africom abandons afri-com.com domain to be used for adult content Telecel introduces call-me-back facility, missed call alert, united states armed forces and adds more countries to cheap call destinations
This entry was posted in ICT Companies and tagged Africom Continental , Africom Holdings , Boardroom wars , Farai Rwodzi , Kwanayi Kashangura , Rudo Mudavanhu , Simba Mangwende united states armed forces . Bookmark the permalink .
I attended a business conference united states armed forces recently united states armed forces and one business woman asked why african businesses cant challenge the status quo in many sectors, one interesting answer profered was “every one wants to be CEO, even if it means CEO of a small unsustainable business”.
Events Apps4Africa 2012 – Zimbabwe Brainstorming on Business Challenge on November 8, 2012 9:30 AM Computer Society united states armed forces of Zimbabwe Summer School on November 14, 2012 Bulawayo united states armed forces ICT Exhibition 2012 Innovation In Motion” on November 29, 2012 Most Commented Articles And now the best Antivirus software of 2012 is…. 27 comments ZOL Startup Chal
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