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Joseph
Hundah has recently been appointed Managing Director
of MultiChoice Nigeria. His appointment took effect
from June 2008
He succeeds Mr. Collins Khumalo who is expected to assume
a new role outside Nigeria Prior to Joseph's appointment
to this position, he was the Operations Director for
Sub-Saharan Africa at M-Net Africa.
Joseph has a solid understanding of Africa and the challenges
faced by the media on the continent. In particular,
he has a deep knowledge of the Nigeria media landscape,
culture and economy.
Based in Nigeria over the last 18 months, Joseph's leadership
had a particular focus on subscribers and non-subscribers
in Nigeria, and the strategic positioning of the M-Net
brand in the country.
Through his role as Operations Director for Sub-Saharan
Africa at M-Net, Joseph has led a revolution in the
quality and quantity of uniquely
African programming screened by
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DStv, including
Big Brother Africa, Moments with Mo, Deal or No Deal Nigeria,
Idols West Africa and the Nigerian drama, Tinsel.
He is expected to bring his experience to bear on the business
of MultiChoice Nigeria the subscription management company for
DStv products and services in the country.
Beginning his career in 1992, Joseph has over the last 16 years
built up a wealth of knowledge both in the finance and broadcast
industry.
A chartered accountant by training, Joseph has over nine years
experience working for South Africa's largest television broadcasting
names, including the SABC, SuperSport, M-Net and MultiChoice.
Joseph joined the group in 2001 as Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
for SuperSport; he moved to M-Net as CFO in 2003 and was appointed
Operations Director, sub-Saharan Africa for M-Net in 2006.
Joseph Hundah is happily married to Angie and has two lovely
kids.
His hobbies include playing golf and reading non-fiction books
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ComBIT
2008 Expo Holds October In Lagos |
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Lagos
State, the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria will in
October 2008 play host to the world as the Association
of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) presents
ComBIT 2008 Expo an annual international exhibition
and conference designed for the Information and Communications
Technology (ICT) sector. The event will hold in the
prestigious MUSON Centre from October 20 22.
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ComBIT Expo
is a product of ATCON's strategic re-branding of
NICOMM Exhibitions & Conferences organized annually
by the Association in collaboration with the Ministry
of Information & Communications, Nigerian Communications
Commission (NCC) as well as other industry stakeholders
since 1995.
Worried by the absence of an all encompassing global
ICT eventin Nigeria despite the current revolution
in the ICT market, ATCON as the umbrella ICT industry
Association decided to re-strategize, partner with
relevant local and international industry players
and stakeholders to float a mega ICT expo that will
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operators and
experts to Nigeria every year.
The plan of ATCON and its collaborators is to grow ComBIT
expo into a flagship and globally recognized ICT event
in Nigeria and Africa with a view to further stimulating
the development of our ICT industry through more local
and foreign direct investment into the sector.
ComBIT expo is designed to provide a veritable platform
for cultivating commercial partnerships between foreign
principals and local representatives, dealers, distributors
and resellers of ICT and allied products and services
in Nigeria. It will further offer ample opportunities
for investors to explore and exploit the abundant market
opportunities in the very vibrant ICT sector in Nigeria
and Africa.
It is a good platform for advanced markets to display
its cutting edge technologies, especially in the mobile
communications sector to the African market which will,
for a long time, present the highest market potentials
for new technologies. |
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