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Former MTN Group CEO, Sifiso Dabengwa, has been announced dead, Monday morning, after losing battle with Cancer.
Dabengwa was MTN CEO from March 2011 till 2015 when he had to resign as MTN was looking for ways to negotiate itself murky waters as a result of the over 1trn fine imposed by the NCC on telecom companies for failing to disconnect over five million subscribers with unregistered SIM cards
South African media outlets are quoting a family spokesperson Themba Sibanyoni to have confirmed his death.
According to the reports, Sibanyoni said: “Dabengwa was a titan in the telecommunications industry and an astute businessman. His tenure as CEO of MTN Group from 2011 to 2015 was marked by visionary leadership, integrity, and dedication that drove significant advancements in the industry”.
“He was an advocate for education and a fervent believer in the power of technology to transform lives.”
An MTN top executive who also confirmed the death at MTN headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa, said MTN recieved the news of his death with shock and heavy heart.
She noted that everybody in MTN was in a mourning mood considering that Dabengwa was still a member of the MTN family having headed the telecommunication giant for a number of progressive years.
