Former Microsoft South Africa head appointed the new CEO of MTN SA

Former Microsoft South Africa head Mteto Nyati has been appointed the new CEO of MTN South Africa.

Nyati is taking over from exiting head Ahmad Farroukh who will be leaving to take up the role of CEO at Saudi telecom operator Mobily.

Nyati joined MTN as group chief enterprise officer in October 2014, after working at Microsoft South Africa since 2008. At Microsoft, Nyati served as managing director for the South African operations, and also had a short stint as the group’s GM for the MEA Emerging Regions.