
Serame Taukobong
Education
- B.Sc, Chemistry, Biochemistry - University of Cape Town
Overview
Serame Taukobong is the CEO of Telkom SA Ltd,Inc.(THG). Taukobong is the current Chief Executive Officer for Consumer Business, having joined the group in 2018. Under his leadership Telkom’s mobile business has grown by more than 300% to become the third largest in the country with over 15 million subscribers. He oversaw exceptional financial results in 2020/21 despite difficult operational circumstances due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Regardless, mobile data revenue grew 41%, while broadband traffic surged 53.2% while mobile broadband subscribers increased 25.6%.
Taukobong has a distinguished career in telecommunications, serving as MTN COO in Uganda and CEO in Ghana where he grew the market share significantly during his tenure. Taukobong has also held senior executive positions at Unilever, SAB, M-Net and General Electric Africa where he was the Growth Leader for Sub-Saharan Africa and Head of Transformation.
He has an extensive knowledge of the South African and Sub-Saharan markets having established operations across the continent, including Rwanda, Ghana, Uganda, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Iran and Yemen.
Early Life
Serame Taukobong was born on 23 May 1970.
Career
- THG - CEO
Recognition
Telkom Mobile voted “Coolest Brand” – BrandZ/Sunday Times Survey 2020 Telkom Mobile voted “Coolest Brand” – BrandZ/Sunday Times Survey 2020
Jan 2020Jan 2020
CEO of the Year 2014 GhanaCEO of the Year 2014 Ghana
Jan 2014Jan 2014
Sunday Times Marketer of the Year, 2010, 2012Sunday Times Marketer of the Year, 2010, 2012
Jan 2010