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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 85081, member: 27"] MTN just leveled up its tech brain, dropped a heavyweight into the core IT seat, and quietly signaled that AI is no longer optional. The appointment that matters [LIST] [*]MTN Group named Shoyinka Shodunke as Executive: IT Core Design and Delivery. [*]The start date is 1 March 2026. [*]This role sits right at the nerve center of how MTN builds and runs its tech. [/LIST] Why Shoyinka is the pick [LIST] [*]Shodunke brings more than 29 years of telecom tech leadership across Africa. [*]His career reads like a greatest-hits tour of senior technology roles. [*]This is not a stretch hire; it is a consolidation move. [/LIST] His career arc, compressed [LIST] [*]Director of Technology at Vodafone Ghana. [*]Chief Technology and Information Officer at MTN Cameroon. [*]Chief Information Officer at MTN Zambia. [*]General Manager: Architecture for the MTN Shared Services Hub in Southeast Africa. [/LIST] What he is doing right now [LIST] [*]He currently serves as CIO for MTN Nigeria. [*]He also holds the same role at MTN South Africa. [*]Those roles touch more than 80 million subscribers. [*]The tech ecosystem under his watch runs north of 350 professionals. [/LIST] How he leads [LIST] [*]His leadership style leans on adaptive intelligence. [*]System resilience and collaboration sit at the core. [*]Artificial Intelligence is treated as a creativity amplifier, not a buzzword. [/LIST] The awards trail [LIST] [*]In 2025, he was named MTN Group CIO of the Year. [*]That recognition is tied directly to a massive digital transformation push. [*]He also picked up Tech Champion in Telecoms and CIO of the Year at the CIO and C-Suite Awards Africa. [/LIST] The academic backbone [LIST] [*]Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School. [*]MBA from the University of Northampton. [*]Postgraduate Diploma in Global Management from the University of Salford, Manchester. [*]Bachelor of Technology in Mathematics and Statistics from the Federal University of Technology. [/LIST] What his new job actually means [LIST] [*]He will steer standardized IT architectures across MTN’s markets. [*]AI-enhanced systems move from side project to default setting. [*]Automation and predictive analytics become baked into operations. [/LIST] The bigger MTN signal [LIST] [*]Customer experience, efficiency, and service agility are the targets. [*]Innovation cycles are expected to shrink. [*]Time-to-market is about to get a lot tighter. [*]MTN is clearly betting that AI-first infrastructure is the next competitive edge. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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