Job Title: Group CTIO
Company: MTN
Charles Molapisi was appointed group CTIO of MTN Group in 2025. He has served as a non-executive director on a number of boards including MTN Kenya, MTN Namibia and MTN Nigeria. Charles was the CEO of MTN Zambia for four years and the CIO of MTN Nigeria also for four years. Prior to this he worked as a senior manager at Telkom SA and as a system administrator at Liberty LIfe. He has a B.Com from Wits University and an MBL from Unisa.
Work
2025 - Present Group CTIO, MTN South Africa
2022 - 2025 CEO, MTN South Africa
2019 - 2022 CTO and CIO, MTN
2015 - 2019 CEO and Board Member, MTN Zambia
2016 - 2018 Non-Executive Director, MTN Business Botswana
2016 - 2018 Non-Executive Director, MTN Kenya
2016 - 2018 Non-Executive Director, MTN Namibia
2012 - 2016 CIO, MTN Nigeria
2009 - 2010 General Manager, MTN Nigeria
2002 - 2009 Senior Manager, Telkom SA
2002 - 2005 SAP Developer, Telkom SA
1997 - 2002 Systems Administrator, Liberty LIfe
Education
2019 - 2019 Executive Education Finance, INSEAD
2011 - 2011 Executive Education, Columbia Business School
2010 - 2010 Executive Education Strategy, Harvard Business School
2007 - 2009 MBL Business Leadership, UNISA
2005 - 2005 BOT, IMD Business School
2003 - 2003 PGDM, University of KwaZulu-Natal
1994 -1996 B.Com IS and Marketing, Wits University
About MTN : MTN Group Limited, formerly M-Cell, is a South Africa-based multinational mobile telecommunications company, operating in many African, European and Asian countries.
