ANWAR SOUSSA TO HEAD THE OPERATING COMPANY IN ETHIOPIA

The Global Partnership for Ethiopia (GPE) has appointed Mr. Anwar Soussa as the Managing Director of the Operating Company in Ethiopia. He will report to the board of the Ethiopia entity and Safaricom PLC Chief Executive Officer. Soussa 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 South Africa by driving major strides in operational performance, crossing the $500M USD in service revenue mark for the first time in 2020. Soussa will lead the Ethiopian Operating Company on behalf of the Global Partnership for Ethiopia consortium. He will be responsible for the execution of the consortium’s goal to bring about transformational economic and social impact in Ethiopia and positively enhance the lives of its over 112 million people. Moreover, he will formulate strategies and plans to ensure the delivery of quality and affordable mobile and internet connectivity enabling millions of Ethiopians to access quality telecom services.

Prior to joining Vodacom, Soussa served as the Chief Executive Officer of Airtel in Uganda and Chad. He has also worked in various senior leadership capacities at MTN and Digicel, among other telcos.  He is a Greek national who holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the American College of Greece and a master’s degree in marketing from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.