Dandemutande appoints new CEO

Dandemutande has announced the appointment of Nhena Nyagura as the Chief Executive Officer to lead the business following its merger in 2015 with iWayAfrica Zimbabwe and Africa Online. His appointment was ratified at a recent Board meeting.

Nhena Nyagura has over 18 years' experience in the technology industry, gained locally and with the top ICT companies in the USA. He was previously the Head of Business for iWayAfrica and Acting Regional Manager for Africa Online, where he was responsible for strategy formulation and execution. This saw the transformation of iWayAfrica Zimbabwe from a consumer centric operator into one of Zimbabwe's largest and most trusted corporate services provider. He holds a BSc in Computer Information Systems and is currently pursuing an MBA with the University of Gloucestershire.

Chairman of the Board Tunde Akerele said: "Nhena is a phenomenal leader who brings passion, focus, innovation and a willingness to lead from the front. I look forward to working with Nhena, the rest of the Board and the management team as he takes the business to the next level".

Other senior management appointments include that of Never Ncube, who continues as the Chief Financial Officer for Dandemutande. Never Ncube has 18 years' of internal audit, financial reporting, financial management and treasury experience. Previously with Innscor Africa in Zambia as Finance Manager he returned to Zimbabwe in September 2012 to join Dandemutande as CFO. Never holds a Bachelor of Accountancy Honours Degree (UZ) and further qualifications in Management Development Programme (Delta Mandel Training Centre), Part D CIS and MBA (Midlands State University).

Douglas Chitongo, previously Senior Technical Manager at iWayAfrica Zimbabwe, takes over as Head of Technical Services from one of the founding members of Dandemutande, Colin Franco who has retired after 17 years of dedicated service to the organisation having built a robust network and state of the art data centre. Douglas Chitongo is an industry veteran with over 22 years' experience in hardware, software and Internet connectivity. He has several industry certifications including those from Microsoft, RedHat and Qkon. Douglas is also a member of Round Table and past Association President for Botswana, Malawi and Zimbabwe, as well as a Football Administrator in Division 1 ZIFA Northern Region.

Chief Administration Officer, Varley Rowell is a founding shareholder of Dandemutande, having established the business with Russell Clinton and Colin Franco in July 1997. She is a Chartered Accountant (UNISA) and also holds a CIS. Varley has extensive accounting and legal experience beginning at Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe in the 1980s and then with Deloitte as part of its audit team through the 1990s, until the establishment of Dandemutande.

Speaking on his appointment, Nhena Nyagura said: "I am fortunate to have incredible depth and breadth of talent within the Dandemutande executive team. Our key resource is our people and together we will firmly establish our position as market leaders on the Zimbabwean ICT landscape."

Dandemutande offers a wide portfolio of services across different technology platforms including fibre, satellite and wireless thereby meeting customer requirements for services beyond traditional connectivity. Managed services, cloud services from its carrier neutral data centre, VoIP and rural branch connectivity are all offered under a single service provider umbrella.