Wednesday, August 11, 2021

MultiChoice appoints Kobus Bezuidenhout as MultiChoice Africa Southern region director, Leah Kooma as MultiChoice Zambia managing director.


by Thinus Ferreira

MultiChoice has promoted Kobus Bezuidenhout to the position of MultiChoice Africa Southern region director, with Leah Kooma who has been moved into his former position and has been appointed as new MultiChoice Zambia managing director from August.

Kobus Bezuidenhout served as MultiChoice Zambia managing director for just over the past two years since April 2019 before which he was also a MultiChoice regional director for West Africa based in Ghana, and worked for MultiChoice Nigeria for 8 years as general manager.

Leah Kooma has been MultiChoice Zambia's chief customer officer until now. She joined MultiChoice in 2017 as GOtv Zambia commercial general manager.

Leah Kooma holds a degree in development studies and economics from the University of Zambia and holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of South Wales.

Kobus Bezuidenhout in a statement, speaking about Leah Kooma'sappointment, says "We firmly believe that Leah will be instrumental in propelling the business to the next level. Leah has already contributed immensely to the many achievements and success of the Zambia team and I have no doubt she will excel in this new position".

"As MultiChoice we are managed and run by local talent and strive to provide all our employees with new opportunities to enhance and increase expertise. Leah Kooma brings a wealth of experience to her new role of providing strategic leadership to the team and strategies aligned with driving the growth of MultiChoice Zambia."

Leah Kooma says "I couldn't be more honoured to have been chosen to lead the Zambia business. I look forward to leading this team and to driving our digital and customer-first strategies to the next level".