M-NET Appoints Mba-Uzoukwu Regional Director

M-Net, Africa’s leading television content provider, has appointed Mrs. Wangi Mba-Uzoukwu as its first regional director, West Africa.

Mrs. Patricia van Rooyen, chief executive officer of M-Net Sub-Saharan Africa, said Mba-Uzoukwu’s appointment reflected the broadcaster’s rapid growth in West Africa. “Such has been the increase in our pan-African viewership that we recently decided to split our African operations into West and East Africa,” Van Rooyen said.

“This will enable us to increase our presence in these regions, and to focus on delivering content and services that are tailored to exactly what our audiences want.”

Van Rooyen said Mrs. Mba-Uzoukwu was one of West Africa’s most talented broadcast executives, having joined M-Net as Regional Manager in October 2012.

With a degree in Political Science and a postgraduate diploma in Direct Marketing, she joined M-Net from Airtel Nigeria Limited where she was Head of Brand and Marketing Communications.

“Wangi will head up an extremely strong content team that will capitalise on the excellent reputation and popularity that M-Net has amongst hundreds of thousands of West Africans viewers,” Van Rooyen said.

Mrs. Mba-Uzoukwu takes up her new position on 1 March 2014.