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MTN SA CEO quits

Johannesburg - Mobile network MTN has announced that the chief executive of its South Afican operations, Ahmad Farroukh, has resigned.

MTN said his resignation is effective as of July 31 2015.

“This was a difficult decision to take for Ahmad, but unavoidable due to personal and family reasons,” said MTN group president and chief executive officer Sifiso Dabengwa.

Farroukh’s resignation comes amid MTN grappling with a weeks-long strike led by the Communication Workers Union (CWU).

Farroukh's exit from MTN, which is Africa's biggest mobile network, also signals how the telecommunications company is struggling to cement a CEO for its South African operations.

It was only in August 2014 that Farroukh replaced former MTN SA CEO Zunaid Bulbulia. At the time, MTN said the hiring of Farroukh as its South African unit's CEO was in line with a management rotation policy at the company.

MTN veteran

Farroukh joined MTN in 2006. He was also the former chief executive officer of MTN's biggest African operation in Nigeria and headed up the company's Ghana operations.

He was also previously the vice-president of the West and Central Africa (WECA) region for MTN.

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