Anwar Soussa

Anwar Soussa is a Greek businessman and corporate executive who serves as the Regional Director for Francophone Africa at Airtel Africa. He previously served as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia, the Ethiopian subsidiary of the telecommunications and financial multinational Safaricom, based in Nairobi Kenya. Before that, from September 2017 until June 2021, he was the CEO of Vodacom Congo DRC SA, based in Kinshasa and chairman of Vodacash.

Background and education Anwar is a Greek national. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Management, awarded by the American College of Greece, in Athens, Greece. He also holds a Master of Science in Business Administration and Management, obtained in 1998, from Concordia University, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

After working as a commercial officer for Orascom in the Central African Republic and for Veon in Zimbabwe, Anwar was hired by Digicel in Papua New Guinea, working there as the Commercial Director from 2012 until 2013. He then served as the Chief Operating Officer for MTN Cyprus, based in Nicosia, for 2 years ending 2015.

In 2017 he was hired as managing director of Vodacom DRC, where he is credited with turning that unit into the largest Vodacom operation, outside of South Africa. In 2020 Vodacom DRC exceeded US$500 million in gross revenue for the first time. Wim Vanhelleputte, previously an executive with MTN Group has been appointed to replace him as CEO of STE, effective 1 September 2023.

Airtel Africa Group

After leaving Safaricom Ethiopia, Anwar joined the Airtel Africa Group where he is the Regional Operations Director for the Francophone markets. The countries that he manages include the Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo Brazzaville, Chad, Gabon, Niger, Madagascar, and Seychelles. He is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.