MTN Group, today, Thursday, June 2, 2022 announced the appointment of Andrew Goodrich as the new Executive for Banktech in the company’s Group Fintech team, effective, June 1, 2022.
Andrew joined MTN in 2019 as a General Manager for Banktech & Beyond Payments division, where he has added immense value in executing the company’s digital banking strategy.
“We are delighted to welcome Andrew into his new role within the Group Fintech Team. Andrew is no stranger to MTN and his wealth of experience in the financial sector, will ensure we continue to make a meaningful contribution, as we drive our financial inclusion ambitions on the continent.
“Andrew has 30 years’ experience in the financial services sector, twelve of which were spent at senior leadership level. Andrew has built a stellar career through his innate ability to craft an organizational vision, mobilize strategic and tactical plans, and execute with well-led and highly effective teams. He is a strategic yet practical leader, renowned for his hands-on approach to business”.
Serigne Dioum, Group Chief Fintech Officer
Prior to joining MTN, Andrew was involved in a number of start-ups. This includes a niche credit risk solutions consultancy, which was successful in assisting several start-ups in South Africa (SA), as well as an e-commerce and digital credit provider and numerous Fintech/ Finserv businesses throughout South Africa, Africa, and Asia. MTN Group congratulated Andrew and wish him the very best in his new role.
MTN Group resumes 21 Days of Y’ello Care campaign
Meanwhile, MTN Group also announced the resumption of its Y’ello Care employee volunteering programme after two years of COVID-19. The annual event aims to secure high participation levels of MTN staff in high impact social projects to uplift and empower the local communities in which the company operates.
The programme, which kicked off on June 1 until the June 21,2022 is under the theme ‘Empowering Communities to Drive Economic Recovery’.
The aim is to inspire ‘MTNers’ to heed the call to upskill local communities in order to drive economic activity and participation through focusing on digital skills training and digital job creation. This is linked to MTN’s strategic priority to build digital skills for digital jobs aligned to the company’s Ambition 2025 Strategy.
MTN Group Chief Sustainability & Corporate Affairs Officer, Nompilo Morafo, said “As MTNers, it is imperative that we continue to contribute to our societies and ensure that the communities in which we operate see the value of the business in their lives”.
MTN is committed to adding economic value by contributing to society through its programmes that focus on digital education, digital skills and digital skills training. The company believes that reducing the digital skills gap will help address issues of digital and social inequalities while at the same time, ensuring the sustainability of the business.
“With a new strategic focus on digital skills for digital jobs, kicking off our Y’ello Care initiatives by focusing on empowering communities to drive economic recovery after Covid-19 through training, upskilling, and knowledge sharing will create lasting and sustainable change.
“Working with women, youth, disadvantaged populations, and people at risk will help uplift our communities and will add value to the work done in 2019, while pathing the way for new opportunities under this new strategic direction”.
Nompilo Morafo
MTN stated that it believes everyone deserves the benefits of a modern connected life and by resuming its Y’ello Care campaign, it strives to ensure that “we continue to strengthen and uplift all of our community members in their perusal of economic development within each community”.
MTN Group announces Anchor Sponsorship for Commonwealth Business Forum
MTN Group further disclosed that it will be an anchor sponsor at the upcoming Commonwealth Business forum (CBF) scheduled to take place from 21st to 23rd June, 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda.
The Commonwealth Business Forum is part of the official CHOGM programme and will be the first & largest in-person gathering for governments and businesses across the Commonwealth since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s Forum will address the theme Delivering a Common Future: Connecting, Innovating and Transforming.
MTN Group will support this event as an Anchor Sponsor, to the value of Two hundred and Thirty Thousand American Dollars (US$230 000), as a sign of its commitment to advancing initiatives that are geared to strengthen relations between business and government.
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