Shaun Durandt Is New GM for Nokia South Africa

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0bf6e57Shaun Durandt is new GM for Nokia South Africa, bringing to the firm over a decade of industry experience from MTN’s Retail and Operational services, Motorola and BlackBerry SA.

Now living in Johannesburg, Durandt  will be based at Nokia South Africa’s headquarters in Johannesburg.

Prioor to this appointment, Durandt was leading the firm’s business in South Africa and was in charge of strategic, operational and people leadership.

Now reporting directly to Nokia South East Africa V.P, Durandt will be in charge of developing and deploying the businesses growth strategy in South Africa.

Speaking on his appointment  Durandt said: “I consider my new role at Nokia as an enormous opportunity, with good timing being absolutely key. I look forward to being part of this chapter in the Nokia story and to contributing to the emotional affinity that customers throughout South Africa have for the Nokia brand.”

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Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Sam Wakoba is a pan-African technology journalist, author, entrepreneur, technology business mentor, judge, educationalist, and a sought-after speaker and panelist across Africa’s innovation ecosystem. He is the convenor of the popular monthly #TechNight evening event and the #StartupEast Awards and Conference, platforms that bring together startup founders, developers, entrepreneurs, investors, content creators, and tech professionals from across the continent. For more than 16 years, Sam has reported on and analysed Africa’s technology landscape, covering some of the continent’s most impactful, and at times controversial policies, programs, investors, co-founders, startups, and corporations. His work is known for its independence, depth, and fairness, with a singular goal of helping build and strengthen Africa’s nascent technology ecosystem. Beyond journalism, Sam is a business analyst and consultant, working with brands, universities, corporates, SMEs, and startups across East Africa, as well as international companies entering the East African market or scaling across Africa. In his free time, he volunteers as a consulting editor and fintech analyst at Business Tech Kenya, a business, technology, and data firm that publishes reports, reviews, and insights on business and technology trends in Kenya. Follow him on X: @SamWakoba