Consortium led by Safaricom appoints Anwar Soussa as MD of new Ethiopian unit

NAIROBI: A consortium led by Kenyan telecoms operator Safaricom has appointed Anwar Soussa as managing director of its Ethiopian unit, which is scheduled to start operations next year, Safaricom Chief Executive Peter Ndegwa said on Monday.

The consortium, which includes South Africa’s Vodacom and Britain’s Vodafone, won an operating licence with a bid of $850 million in May to set up a telecom firm in Africa’s second most populous nation.