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William Mzimba stepping down at Vodacom

Head of Vodacom Business in South Africa, William Mzimba is set to step down from the company after a five-year tenure. His last day on the job will be the 30th of September. Vodacom confirmed in a statement that Mzimba will be exiting, saying he is retiring from the role. The company also revealed that

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Head of Vodacom Business in South Africa, William Mzimba is set to step down from the company after a five-year tenure. His last day on the job will be the 30th of September.

Vodacom confirmed in a statement that Mzimba will be exiting, saying he is retiring from the role. The company also revealed that a successor will be named in due course.

Vodacom South Africa CEO, Sitho Mdlalose said: “I would like to offer my gratitude to William for his invaluable contribution in growing Vodacom Business, including overseeing Vodacom’s SmartGov initiative, which saw the deployment of smart metering solutions that improved revenue assurance for the municipalities, citizen engagement and smart asset management.”

He added by saying that William was instrumental in repositioning Vodacom’s cloud, hosting and security business, where he spearheaded a strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services resulting in the creation of Vodacom Amazon Business Group. This helped further fast-track Vodacom’s drive into a fully-fledged multi-cloud provider, which delivers cloud-first solutions.

During his time at Vodacom, Mzimba headed up Vodacom Business enterprise units in Africa where he led a team tasked with driving digital transformation of businesses and governments across several industries and markets, the company said. He also helped expand Vodacom’s internet-of-things offerings.

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