Serame Taukobong

Group Chief Executive Officer, Telkom

Serame Taukobong is Group Chief Executive Officer of Telkom, in the role since June 2022.

Telkom is a state-controlled South African telecoms group that owns the Openserve fibre network, the BCX business services unit and a mobile operation. For the year to 31 March 2026 it reported profit up 27.5% to R3.55 billion and lifted its ordinary dividend to 270 cents a share.

In the job

  1. Telkom retrenched more than 1 000 staff as part of its restructuring. Source

  2. Telkom reported FY2026 profit of R3.55 billion and raised its dividend payout ratio range to 40% to 60% of free cash flow. Source

Career before

  1. Lab assistant, Genref Refinery
  2. Marketing assistant, Lever Brothers
  3. Marketing manager, SAB
  4. Chief marketing officer, M-Net
  5. from 2004Chief operations officer, MTN Uganda
  6. 2018Chief executive of the consumer business, Telkom

Education

BSc in chemistry, University of Cape Town; executive programmes at GIBS, IMD, INSEAD and Wharton

Sources

  1. businesstech.co.za
  2. mybroadband.co.za
  3. en.wikipedia.org

Facts last checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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