MTN hires Vodacom strategy officer Cuba to lead digital, fintech services business

News Wireless Africa 18 JUL 2019
MTN hires Vodacom strategy officer Cuba to lead digital, fintech services business
MTN Group has announced the appointment of Yolanda Cuba as group chief digital and fintech officer. Cuba will join the MTN Group Executive Committee reporting to CEO Rob Shuter. In this role Cuba will lead the group’s strategic expansion of its financial services and digital solutions efforts and transformation into a digital operator.

She brings extensive telecommunications and leadership experience to MTN Group. Cuba joins MTN Group from Vodacom, where she served as chief officer of strategy and M&A. She was previously the CEO of Vodafone Ghana for a three-year period, a role that saw her named Telecom CEO of the Year in 2018. Cuba’s start date will be communicated in due course.

MTN has over 28 million mobile money customers at the end of Q1. The company is seeking to expand in financial services in order to boost revenue growth. In the first quarter, fintech revenue was up 30.6 percent year-on-year. 

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MTN,  Vodacom,  Vodafone Ghana

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