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San Francisco, U.S. | Xinhua | Twitter users voted with a majority in a weekend poll indicating that Elon Musk should step down as CEO of the social media company. Among the 17.5 million votes cast in Musk’s 12-hour poll, which closed early Monday, 57.5 percent were in favor of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Paul Kavuma has been appointed the CEO of Jubilee Allianz General Insurance Company Limited Uganda, effective April 04, 2022. He replaces Deepak Pandey, who will stay with the company until April 30, 2022 after which he will take up a new role in the …

  Johannesburg, South Africa | THE INDEPENDENT | Absa Group has announced the appointment of Arrie Rautenbach as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately. The appointment Tuesday of the 56-year-old South African, follows a thorough recruitment and selection process completed by the Board. “On behalf of the Board, I am …

Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | William Kamara, the Rakai Chief Administrative Officer-CAO has rejected a resolution censuring the entire district executive committee, saying it is illegal. Last week, Rakai district council passed a resolution to throw out the entire District Executive Committee for alleged incompetence and abuse of the powers. …

Johannesburg, South Africa | AIRSPACE AFRICA | Uganda Airlines is one of Africa’s youngest airline projects having launched operations in late 2019 and only this year being awarded by Ch-aviation with the accolade of “Airline with the youngest fleet in the world”. Serving a Ugandan market that was on the up …

Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Online shop, Jumia Uganda has announced Ron Kawamara as new chief executive officer. Ron has previously served as the regional managing director of Jumia Food, East Africa, and brings his wealth of experience in the African e-commerce industry, officials announced at a press conference at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It is exactly a year since the Rwandan government fired John Mirenge as the chief executive officer of national carrier, RwandAir, replacing him with Col Chance Dergano in an acting capacity. The good news now is that the national carrier has a substantial CEO following …

CDEA’s Executive Director wins Tanzanaia and East Africa CEO awards Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT |  Culture and Development East Africa CDEA’s Executive Director Ayeta Anne Wangusa is East Africa’s Most Influential Women in Business and Government in the Arts and Culture category of the CEO Global Africa awards 2017. …

Los Angeles, United States | AFP |  The CEO of a cybersecurity firm in San Diego has resigned after posting on his now-deleted Facebook page threatening comments about President-elect Donald Trump. Matt Harrigan, who founded PacketSled, stepped down on Tuesday after his online postings prompted a backlash and calls for …

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | South Africa-based Telecoms giant MTN on Monday named a new chief executive after resolving a dispute with Nigeria over a huge fine for failing to disconnect millions of unregistered mobile phone lines. MTN announced that Rob Shuter, a South African who is currently the …