Telkom Appoints New CEO of Consumer

South Africa’s semi-private carrier Telkom has named Lunga Siyo as the new CEO of Telkom Consumer effective 1 October 2021. Siyo is set to take over from Serame Taukobong when Taukobong assumes the position of Group CEO Designate.

Siyo joined Telkom just over three years ago. Using his experience in the mobile and financial services sector, he led the introduction of Telkom’s value propositions in FinTech, e-commerce and mobile payments, the company said in a statement.

Previous to his current position at Telkom, Siyo served as Executive & Head: eCommerce at Standard Bank from 2016 to 2018. Previous to that, Siyo has held a variety of management positions most in the digital space. Continue reading

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