Presenters
Meet the presentersFor more than a quarter of a century, MTN has had an ambitious and pioneering spirit, playing a bold and prominent role in accelerating Africa’s development. Our ambition has always been to brighten lives through the power of connectivity, and this continues to be a priority for us.
Our Group President and CEO, Ralph Mupita, supported by members of MTN’s strong, diverse and experienced executive and senior management, will unpack Ambition 2025 in further detail by contextualising the company’s approach to implement the strategy and the progress made to date.
BSc Engineering Hons (University of Cape Town), MBA (University of Cape Town), General Management Programme (Harvard Business School)
Ralph Mupita is the Group President and CEO of MTN Group, a position he has held since the 1st September 2020, having recently served as the MTN Group’s Chief Financial Officer since April 2017. Prior to joining MTN, Ralph served as the Chief Executive Officer for Old Mutual Emerging Markets, providing financial service solutions to individuals and corporates across 19 countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia. Under his leadership, the Insurance Group’s Emerging Market business serviced over 19 million customers and had R1 trillion of assets under management. Ralph is a seasoned business leader with experience in engineering, financial services and telecommunications. Since joining MTN, Ralph has played a pivotal role in the strengthening the Group’s financial position, strategy formulation and successful listing on the Nigerian and Ghanaian Stock Exchanges.
Director of various companies in the MTN Group.
Bcompt Honours Degree, CTA, BA (Hons) Accounting & Finance, CA(SA)
1 April 2021
Tsholofelo joins MTN from Telkom where she held the positions of Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Group Risk and Compliance officer, prior to her appointment as the Group Chief Financial officer in 2018. Before joining Telkom, Tsholofelo was employed as a Finance Director of Eskom Holdings, and an executive director of the company’s main board. She has also held various other roles at Eskom Holdings.
In addition to her, extensive telecommunications industry experience, Tsholofelo has also worked in the banking and financial services sector before joining Eskom in various roles. She brings with her extensive financial strategy, financial management and accounting experience, with a strong background in enterprise risk management and financial controls.
Director of various companies in the MTN Group.
MA Social Sciences (University of Chicago), Diplom–Volkswirt (Kiel University), Undergraduate Studies (Emory University)
Jens has extensive operational experience in the mobile telecoms sector, with his last senior role being as CEO of Vodafone Germany between 2012 and 2015. Jens has extensive experience in the consumer business, as well as the area of large-scale transformation in a convergent operation.
Director of various companies in the MTN Group.
BBA (E.U. Business School ) and MBA (E.U. Business School - Paris). Various executive programs at INSEAD.
Frédéric Schepens joined MTN in October 2017 as Group Executive and CEO MTN GlobalConnect.
Fred is responsible for the strategic direction of MTN’s wholesale business, MTN GlobalConnect. GlobalConnect operates, commercialises and combines MTN’s global carrier, infrastructure, fibre rollout and roaming operations for the group. Fred is an established international telecoms and financial services professional, with more than 25 years of telecom & global carrier experience.
He joined MTN Group from Vodafone, where he had various roles as Senior Vice President and board directorships of Vodafone in Italy and Belgium. As Head of Global Voice Services, he built the largest voice carrier in the world, at over 60 billion minutes annually.
Before, he was one of the founding members of Belgacom International Carrier Services Business (later BICS) and held various executive positions for more than 15 years including Senior Vice President, Mobile Financial Services. Fred was also part of core teams that launched mobile operators in the Netherlands (KPN Mobile) and in Belgium (Orange).
Director of various companies in MTN Group
BCom (University of Swaziland), MBA (Thames Valley University)
Mr Motsa previously held the position of Chief Officer for Consumer Business at Vodacom Group. Prior to that, he was Managing Director of Vodacom Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and occupied a similar role at Vodacom Lesotho. He joined Vodacom South Africa in 2005, as Head of Brand Marketing. Prior to being appointed as CEO for MTN South Africa in March 2017, he served as MTN Vice President for the SEA Region. Godfrey’s passion is driving internet revolution in emerging markets.
Director of various companies in the MTN Group.
CA(SA), Masters in International Accounting (University of Johannesburg), Advanced Management Programme (Wharton Business School, Pennsylvania)
Dineo joins MTN Group from T-Systems South Africa, part of the Deutsche Telekom Group, where she served as Managing Director since May 2018. She is a highly experience finance executive with a career spanning more than 23 years, 11 of those in executive and board level leadership roles. Dineo is a past Finance Executive at Vodacom and Group Financial Director at Thebe Investment Corporation.
She is a passionate advocate for skills development for young people and an advocate for acknowledgement of women in corporate and empowerment of communities.
B.Sc. (B.Sc. Hons.), Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Obafemi Awolowu University, Ife Nigeria), M.Sc Communication Systems (Swansea, UK), General Management Programme (Harvard Business School), Corporate Finance Program (London Business School), Breakthrough Program for Senior Executives (Institute for Management Development)
Karl joined MTN in 2006 and has held various senior operational roles across the Group, including CEO of MTN Cameroon and CTO of MTN Nigeria. Before his appointment as CEO of MTN Nigeria, he held the position of Vice President for the West and Central Africa Region. Other experience includes Chief Operations Officer at Airtel Nigeria and various roles in Ericsson in Switzerland and Nigeria. Karl is also a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (FNSE) as well as a member of the Council of Registered Engineers of Nigeria (COREN) and the Institute of Directors (IoD).
Director of various companies in the MTN Group
BSc Economics, MSc Management (University of Lagos), CA(ICAN), FCA (Fellow), Certificate in Business Excellence (Columbia Business School), Certificate of Professional Achievement (Kellogg School of Management)
As a Chartered Accountant, Modupe is a highly experience business and finance executive with a career spending more than 30 years of cross functional and cross industry experience, locally and internationally. He currently serves as Executive Director and CFO for MTN Nigeria. He is also a past Executive Director and CFO for MTN Ghana and has held a number of senior financial roles since joining MTN in 2007.
Modupe is also an alumnus of INSEAD, Columbia Business School, Kellogg School of Management and IMD.
BCom Statistics (University of Cape Town) BCom Accounting (Hons) University of KZN MCom (University of Pretoria) International Executive Programme INSEAD)
Ms Yolanda Cuba is the Vice President SEA region of the MTN Group having joined in January 2020. She is the former CEO of Vodafone Ghana and former Group Chief Strategy Officer for strategy, new business and M&A at Vodacom Group covering South Africa, Tanzania, Mozambique, DRC and Lesotho. Ms Cuba comes with a wealth of experience in telecoms, financial services and fast-moving consumer goods amongst others. Her work experience started in corporate finance and transitioned to operational management in diversified industries.
She was one of the youngest CEOs of a JSE-listed company at the age of 29 years and has been recognised as CEO/Business personality of the year by multiple platforms over her 20-year working experience. She was also selected by the World Economic Forum as one of the Young Global Leaders and named one of the Choiseul 100 Africa by Institut Choiseul (France).
She is a CA (SA) by training and holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) and a Master of Commerce degree from the University of Pretoria. She is an alumnus of programs at INSEAD and Harvard Kennedy School.
She has served on numerous JSE-listed companies as non-executive director including Absa Group where she was the longest serving member for 12 years before resigning in 2019.
She is passionate about education and inclusive social and financial development and has served on the Advisory Board of Stellenbosch University Business School, a founder of Cuba-Mtyi Foundation and serves on the Nelson Mandela Foundation Investment Committee since 2006.
Director of various companies in MTN Group.
BA (Hons) in Economics and Statistics, Univ. of Ghana Management Diploma,Henley Management College
Prior to his appointment as VP of the WECA region, he was the VP of the SEAGHA region, a position he held from September 2017 to December 2020. Ebenezer has also held CEO positions for MTN Ghana and MTN Rwanda. For both operations, he was responsible for providing sound human resource leadership and ensuring financial and organizational profitability and sustainability of the operating units.
Director of various companies in MTN Group.
BA, Executive Education Certificate
Ismail has extensive telecommunications experience. Prior to his appointment as the Group Vice President for MENA, he was CEO of MTN Syria. Ismail has also held various senior operational roles for Investcom’s subsidiaries across the Middle East and North Africa.
Director of various companies in MTN Group.
Telecommunications Engineering (French institution ENST Bretagne)
Serigne Dioum, joined MTN in 2009 and has an established track record in the telecoms sector, with strong experience in mobile financial services (MFS). Prior to his appointment as the Group Chief Digital and Fintech Officer, Serigne, held the position of Group Executive for Mobile Financial Services.
Before joining MTN, he held senior positions in MFS, operational marketing, value-added services and data at Orange. Serigne is highly qualified and experienced to drive digital innovation and financial inclusion as well as build and scale these platforms as part of MTN’s growth strategy.
BSc Computer Science (University of Western Cape), Masters of Business Administration (University of Witswatersrand)
With over 22 years of corporate experience, of which 14 years have been in telecommunications, Tumi has been the acting Executive: Enterprise Business Unit at MTN Group since July 2020. Her responsibility includes the overall Enterprise Strategy, as well as its implementation and operational performance across the entire MTN footprint. Tumi joined MTN in 2018 and is based in Johannesburg.
With wide extensive experience across various industries, including at Executive level, Tumi has also worked and lived in the USA, Nigeria, Senegal, Singapore, Sweden and France, and is fluent in both English and French. She has also completed various executive courses at Stanford University and Wits Business School.
BCom (University of the Witwatersrand) MBL (UNISA)
Mr Molapisi is Group Chief Technical Officer, since 1st January 2019.
He is a former Chief Executive Officer of MTN Zambia (2015 to 2018) and the Chief Information Officer for MTN Nigeria (2012 to 2015) and has been with MTN since 2009. Mr Molapisi previously served on the boards of MTN Zambia (as Executive Director), MTN Business Botswana, MTN Business Kenya and MTN Business Namibia.
Mr Molapisi holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from University of the Witwatersrand and Masters in Business Leadership from the University of South Africa. He has also attended executive programs at IMD Business School, Harvard Business School, Columbia Business School and INSEAD.
Director of various companies in the MTN Group.
BCom, BCompt Hons, Dip Theory of Accounting, CA (SA)
Accounting and finance. Ferdi joined MTN Nigeria in 2003 as the General Manager of Financial Operations. Ferdi was CEO Nigeria. He was also previously CFO of MTN Irancell before being COO.
Director of various companies in the MTN Group.
BA Law (National University of Lesotho), LLB (University of Cape Town), PGDip Media & ICT Law (University of Melbourne)
Felleng is a consummate Information and Communications Technology (ICT) professional with a career spanning over 20 years in the management of public policy, legal and regulatory affairs in Africa’s ICT sector. She made a huge contribution to MTN’s growth during its expansion phase while serving in various executive roles within the MTN Group between 1999 and 2006. She returned to MTN in 2016 to establish the Group regulatory function.
B Tech – Business Communications (Tshwane University of Technology), Post Graduate Diploma, Management Practices (Henley Business School), Management Development Programme (Gordon Institute of Business Science)
Nompilo joined MTN as Group Executive for Corporate Affairs and Sustainability in December 2018. She is responsible for managing MTN’s reputation, through coordination of corporate communication, Sustainability/ESG, stakeholder management, sponsorships and events and Corporate Social Investment (CSI) across our footprint
She is a seasoned corporate affairs executive having spent approximately 10 years at Sasol (oil and gas) in various roles including as Vice President for Country Management & Public Affairs based in Mozambique. She joined MTN from LafargeHolcim where she served as a Country Director for Communications, Public Affairs and Sustainable Development.
MA Psych, MBA
Paul has been an Executive at MTN since 1997. He has spent 20 years in the field of human resources and has worked extensively in the transport and telecommunications industries.
Director of various companies in the MTN Group.
B.A. Hons (Harvard University), Executive Management Program (Kellogg School of Management, Illinois)
Enzo joint MTN as the Group Executive for the Consumer business across the MTN Group. He is a seasoned Telco executive with 14 years of experience in the sector across all commercial functions. Prior to this, he served as the CMO in the Beverage, Retail and Media Industries with blue-chip brands like SABMiller, Mnet and the Edcon group.
Before embarking on a career in marketing, Enzo spent five years in the USA completing his education and subsequently his postgraduate education.
BCom Finance Hons (University of Cape Town), BBusSc Finance & Economics Hons (University of Cape Town)
Thato is the Group Executive: Investor Relations for MTN Group. Prior to joining MTN in 2019, Thato worked at Absa Asset Management, where he held the role of Portfolio Manager, co-managing the flagship funds within the Equities franchise.
Before that, he has held senior positions at STANLIB Asset Management, as well as Citigroup Global Markets and UBS Investment Banks covering a variety of sectors and industries.
Non-executive director on the boards of MTN Benin and MTN Guinea-Conakry; trustee of the MTN Retirement Fund
