MTN Group announces key leadership changes for 2025, promoting Mitwa Ng’ambi, Wanda Matandela, and Mazen Mroue to enhance succession planning and drive its Ambition 2025 strategy.
MTN Group has announced major leadership changes to enhance succession planning, operational execution, and advance its “Ambition 2025” strategy. The appointments, effective from early 2025, underscore the group’s focus on growth and innovation across its markets.
Mitwa Ng’ambi, currently CEO of MTN Cameroon, will transition to the CEO role at MTN Côte d’Ivoire on March 1, 2025. She succeeds Djibril Ouattara, who is retiring early after a distinguished career, including overseeing operations in MTN Congo-Brazzaville. Ouattara will aid in Ng’ambi’s transition over several months. Ng’ambi brings over 15 years of experience in the telecom industry and has been instrumental in driving transformational leadership at MTN Rwanda and MTN Cameroon, along with key roles at Airtel Tigo in Ghana and Tigo in Senegal.
Taking over from Ng’ambi as CEO of MTN Cameroon is Wanda Matandela, currently Chief Commercial Operations Officer at MTN South Africa. He will begin his new role on March 1, 2025. Matandela, with over 20 years of experience, including 13 years in telecommunications, has been pivotal in driving enterprise business growth since joining MTN in 2018.
Additionally, Mazen Mroue, MTN Group’s Chief Technology and Information Officer, will take on the expanded role of CEO of Digital Infrastructure (Infraco) effective January 1, 2025. Mroue will oversee Bayobab’s mobility and fiber businesses and lead MTN’s data center strategy, crucial for developing AI across Africa. His tenure at MTN, dating back to 1998, includes senior positions in Africa and the Middle East, making him well-suited for this dual role.
Frédéric Schepens, the outgoing CEO of Bayobab, is leaving the group, and MTN thanked him for his contributions and wished him well in his future endeavors.
Ralph Mupita, MTN Group President & CEO, praised both outgoing and incoming leaders for their dedication and expressed confidence in the group’s succession planning and its ability to sustain growth and innovation across markets.
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These leadership changes reinforce MTN’s ongoing commitment to driving digital and financial inclusion, as well as fostering innovation in line with the group’s Ambition 2025 strategy.
