Vodacom taps former Airtel Africa CEO onto its board

Vodacom is bringing the former chief executive of one of its biggest rivals onto its board, as the telecom group prepares to execute the next phase of its Vision 2030 strategy .
Segun Ogunsanya, who led Airtel Africa until his retirement in July 2024 , will join Vodacom as an independent non-executive director from October 9, 2026. His appointment gives the South African telecom group an executive who spent more than a decade running a major pan-African telecoms business across 14 countries, as Vodacom expands beyond connectivity into financial services and digital businesses.
Vodacom announced the appointment on Wednesday alongside a wider reshuffle of its board, including the dep...