Smangele Nkosi

General Manager and Country Leader, South Africa, Cisco South Africa

Smangele Nkosi is General Manager and Country Leader, South Africa of Cisco South Africa, in the role since February 2022.

Cisco South Africa is the local arm of the US networking and security company. Nkosi has led it since February 2022 and has put weight on the Cisco Networking Academy digital skills programme.

In the job

  1. Cisco and the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies signed a memorandum of understanding launching a new phase of the Country Digital Acceleration programme. Source

Career before

  1. Acting chief commercial officer, Openserve (Telkom)
  2. Managing executive for sales, Openserve (Telkom)
  3. Managing director, ECI Telecom Africa
  4. Account director, Nokia Siemens Networks

Sources

  1. itweb.co.za
  2. gov.za
  3. itweb.co.za
  4. mybroadband.co.za

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