INDUSTRY APPOINTMENTS
AfricaOnline appoints new leader to grow its Ghanaian business
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West Africa. “We are seeing an uptake
in global investment, infrastructure
development and an increase in Internet
penetration,” he said.
“There is a definite uptake within vertical
sectors as well as growth of last mile fibre
and wireless technology, 4G mobile and high
throughput satellite deployments.”
Mathew Welthagen, GIN CEO,
“I am excited to lead AfricaOnline as
it continues to grow and develop as one
of Africa’s foremost Internet and related
connectivity services providers,” said Plender.
“Having celebrated 21 years in its pivotal
role, AfricaOnline has established itself as a
leading Ghanaian business and I look forward
to growing and evolving its service offering.”
Ghana is showing signs of significant
growth and Plender says the country is
building itself into a key business hub for added that Plender brings years of
telecommunications experience across
Plender brings years of
telecommunications experience
across many countries and regions
to both AfricaOnline and the Group.
fricaOnline, Ghana’s leading ISP and a
Gondwana International Networks (GIN)
subsidiary, has appointed industry stalwart,
Foster Plender as its Managing Director.
Plender, who was in a consulting capacity
within GIN before his appointment, brings
with him decades of telecommunications
experience across both African and
European markets.
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many countries and regions to both
AfricaOnline and the group.
“We are excited to watch the Ghanaian
business develop and grow under his
leadership into a strong economic force
within the African continent,” he said.
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Dante Malagrino promoted to Senior Vice
President and General Manager at Riverbed
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iverbed, the digital performance
company, has announced that Dante
Malagrino has been promoted to Senior Vice
President and General Manager of the Cloud
Infrastructure Business Unit (CIBU).
Malagrino will be responsible for
delivering next-generation infrastructure
products that make the network as
elastic and dynamic as the cloud, and help
organisations maximise digital performance.
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Malagrino will be responsible
for delivering next-generation
infrastructure products that make
the network as elastic
and dynamic as the cloud,
and help organisations maximise
digital performance.
The 20 plus year innovator will oversee
the continued development of Riverbed’s
Software-Defined Networking, Application
Acceleration, Edge and Wi-Fi product lines.
Malagrino will report to Paul Mountford,
Chief Executive Officer at Riverbed.
“Customer-centric innovation is key
and our customers are shifting to a new
software-defined networking model that
requires ease of use and supporting multiple
cloud environments – those are the core
driving demands for innovation in the
industry today and we’re going to be right at
the forefront,” said Dante Malagrino, Senior
Vice President and General Manager of the
CIBU at Riverbed.
“I am truly excited about the opportunity
to lead Riverbed’s CIBU as I see the
opportunity to leverage the expertise I have
gained at larger companies, as well as the
entrepreneurship drive as CEO and founder
of a Silicon Valley startup.”
Malagrino joined Riverbed in April
2018 as the leader of CIBU engineering
organisation, before being promoted to his
current role in January 2019.
Our customers are shifting to a new
software-defined networking model.