Dr Douglas Mboweni
Dr Douglas Mboweni is the CEO of Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, the country’s leading provider of telecom services, and has over 20 years of executive management experience in the information technology and telecommunications industry.
Dr Douglas Mboweni is the CEO of Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, the country’s leading provider of telecom services, and has over 20 years of executive management experience in the information technology and telecommunications industry. Under his stewardship, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has leveraged innovation in the face of difficult economic conditions to grow its subscriber base from two hundred thousand in 2002 to over twelve million today, commanding market share of above 65%. Dr. Mboweni was instrumental in the promotion of local mobile financial services through Ecocash, up to the unbundling and listing of its parent company, Cassava Smartech on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange.