It all started with a rumour that Safaricom would soon be in the Ethiopian market and now as a reality, Safaricom launched a countrywide staff recruitment drive as it geared up towards the commercial launch. Managing Director of Safaricom Ethiopia confirmed that the company had commenced recruitment of Ethiopian nationals for technology, commercial and corporate function in various capacities ranging from executive management to graduate-level opportunities. “By June next year, we aim to build a team of 1000 employees driven by innovation and digital solutions. We will also offer all employees comprehensive digital training packages, we believe young people are the key to delivering the digital Ethiopia ambitions, we will create a pool of talent of digital innovators who will grow with the business to achieve this,” he told journalists during a press conference held at Safaricom Ethiopia’s offices. A new team has been appointed. Safaricom has appointed a well-put-together Executive Committee(ExCo) that will lead the operations in Ethiopia. The executive management is very exceptional you will notice that the majority are foreigners apart from the telco’s MD Anwar Soussa, the team is a cocktail of different skills that will merge together to spearhead this new project. Below are the newly-appointed members of Safaricom Ethiopia’s ExCo team (as reported by Shega): The Global Partnership for Ethiopia, the consortium which operates the Safaricom Ethiopia brand, plans to launch commercial operations in the first half of 2022.
