Mr Francis Mawindi who is better known home for serving as the Telecel Zimbabwe CEO for nine months in Zimbabwe is now the Head International Business, for Globacom an African Tech Giant with 20 million broadband customers.
While Netone was reported to have been stuck in bickering and ultimately frustrated his appointment as the Chief Operations Officer, The second biggest mobile operator in Nigeria with 32 million subscribers, Globacom has officially appointed Zimbabwean Born telecoms executive, Mr Francis Mawindi.
Globacom Limited (or GLO) is a Nigerian multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. GLO is a privately owned telecommunications carrier that started operations on 29 August 2003. It currently operates in four countries in West Africa, namely Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire.As of June 2009, the company has employed more than 2,500 people worldwide.
GLO built an $800 million high-capacity fibre-optic cable known as Glo-1, a submarine cable from the United Kingdom to Nigeria.
GLO is privately owned by the Mike Adenuga Group which also consists of ETB, now merged with the Sterling Bank, Conoil PLC, a petroleum marketing company, and Conoil Producing, a crude exploration company
The 48year old Zimbabwean has been working in the telecoms sector with vast experience consulting for successful global tech companies as he passionately follows his dreams with a major foot print in Sub Sahara Africa.
Recently his appointment to one of Africa`s biggest telecoms company solidifies his position as an influential executive in the telecoms sector.
Unfortunately, a prophet is never respected in his own country and he joins the list of many talented Zimbabweans who are greatly influencing technology outside Zimbabwe, while locally, no one bothers to recognize them.
- Technomag Zimbabwe