Naspers Appoints Former PayPal Europe VP Laurent Le Moal as PayU CEO
UBA’s Oduoza Wins CEO of the Year Award at Investment Summit in New York
Group Managing Director and CEO, UBA Plc, Mr. Phillips Oduoza has emerged the 2015 Ai Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) 30 CEO of the year at this year’s 8th annual Ai CEO Investment Summit. This is the second time he is winning the award after winning it first in 2013. He was named the winner from
Airbnb Plans to Expand Further Across African Continent
Airbnb, the world’s leading community-driven hospitality company, announced that its CEO, Brian Chesky will attend GES 2015 to meet with entrepreneurs from around the world and explore the sharing economy’s impact and expansion, particularly on the African continent – which represents a huge opportunity for the company. In the last twelve months alone, Airbnb has more
Verifone Appoints New Leaders in Asia Pacific and China
Verifone announced the appointment of Steve Aliferis as president of Asia Pacific. Additionally, the company announced the appointment of Arthur Jiang as senior vice president and general manager for China, which was recently established as a separate region reporting to CEO Paul Galant. “Steve and Arthur are experienced, highly-respected executives that embrace Verifone’s values and
Four Pillars of the Payments Future
With Greece sinking and the global economy slowing, attention is shifting to new emerging consumer markets of the future, says Mike Lee, ATMIA’s CEO and a futurist. ATMIA’s 2015 Conference and Expo, “Customer experience and channel usage in Africa’s emerging payment and consumer markets”, will look into four pillars of the payments future in the region, namely: Innovation Consumption
Founder of GlobalCollect Announces an Investment in E-Commerce & Payment Gateway Solution Start-up
Jan Manten, founder & former CEO of GlobalCollect, has announced that he has invested in Newgen Payments, a New Delhi and Amsterdam-based Online Payments and E-Commerce solution provider that provides a 360° approach in taking brick-and-mortar merchants online quickly and seamlessly. The entire world is shifting from offline to online. To be successful, merchants in
Change of Guard at NMB in Tanzania
The National Microfinance Bank (NMB) Managing Director, Mr Mark Wiessing, completes his tenure as CEO of the firm on February 28, this year, it was announced in Dar es Salaam. NMB Board of Directors Chairman, Professor Joseph Semboja, said Mr Wiessing would be replaced by Ms Ineke Bussemaker. He said Mr Wiessing has been appointed
Capitec Gets New CEO
Gerrie Fourie, Capitec Bank’s new CEO, starts his year on a high-note after a strong performance in 2013, but with ambitious plans to take the bank to new heights. Gerrie plans to focus on the continued delivery of friendly, simplified and pioneering banking, but with an even stronger focus on innovation to meet clients’ everyday
FNB Lesotho Appoints New CEO
The FNB Lesotho Board of Directors announced the appointment of Emil Heppell to the position of Chief Executive Officer of FNB Lesotho. Heppell succeeds Trevor Holtman who left the bank at the end of a four year secondment to pursue other opportunities within the group. Heppell’s qualifications and capabilities are highly regarded by the Board
