13 Dec 2016

Botswana telecommunications Corporation (BTC) board has appointed Mr Anthony Masunga as its managing director, effective January 2017.

A news release from BTCL states that Mr Masunga has over 20 years experience in the field of communications and information technology.

He also has strong institutional knowledge of over eight years at BTC, hence brings a wealth of expertise to lead BTC.

The release further states that Mr Masunga has been acting as the company’s managing director since July 2016 and that prior to that, he was the BTC chief operating officer.

It states that he has been credited for leading strategic projects such as delivery of the turnaround strategy of beMobile as the founding general manager and delivery of BTC as project manager.

The release further states that he is tasked with further leading the next phase of transforming, optimising the value of post-listed BTC for the benefit of all stakeholders.

He hold BSc Computer Science from McGill University (Canada) and MBA from De Montfort  University (UK).

He recently completed an executive development programme with the University of Stellenbosch Business School. ENDS