Sifiso Dabengwa made one mistake too many as MTN CEO

15 November 2015 - 02:00
By ASHA SPECKMAN

It was a torrid year for former MTN CEO Sifiso Dabengwa. While rival CEOs at Vodacom and Telkom have charted victorious courses, over the past few months Dabengwa has found himself at various crossroads. The final one cost him his job.His departure this week left the door wide open for his predecessor, Phuthuma Nhleko, in whose shadow Dabengwa has been operating since becoming CEO in 2011, to step in as executive chairman and mop up the regulatory mess in Nigeria, where MTN faces a $5.

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