As the center of its continental operations, Smile Communication is a pan-African telecommunications group with a presence in Nigeria. To improve service delivery, the company repositioned its operations and appointed Abhulime Ehiagwina, an astute financial expert, as Acting Chief Executive Officer for Nigeria.
Additionally, the telecom company named Mann El Amine, a seasoned telecom technocrat, as its Group Managing Director.
Mann El Amine brings more than 28 years of reliable, in-depth expertise in executive management and telecommunications to his new position. He progressed from technical and commercial operational roles to general management, and he gained extensive experience in a variety of telecom domains, including international wholesale carriers, mobile operations, and submarine cable systems. He also gained a thorough understanding of renewable energy and data center operations.
El Amine has held several senior management positions during his rich and varied career, which has spanned the United Kingdom, Egypt, the Congo DR, Syria, and Lebanon. He began his career in 1994 as the Engineering Manager at France Telecom Mobile Liban-Cellis and rose to the position of Senior Vice President for Data Centers at Damac Group in March 2017.
He received his Maîtrise degree in Electronics and Automation from Rennes I University in France in 1991. He also has a DEA in Robotics from Paris VI University in France (1993).
He has served as a director of multiple technology-related businesses.
Ehiagwina, a multidisciplinary C-suite executive and thought leader, is currently Smile Nigeria’s acting CEO. She brings to the position a wealth of experience leading finance teams across various industries, including telecommunications, infrastructure,
