{"id":292030,"date":"2017-02-07T18:27:35","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T18:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=292030"},"modified":"2017-02-07T18:27:35","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T18:27:35","slug":"uche-ofodile-joins-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/uche-ofodile-joins-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Uche Ofodile appointed Africa Regional head for Facebook’s Express Wifi"},"content":{"rendered":"
The former Chief Marketing Officer of Vodafone Ghana Uche Ofodile, has been appointed by Facebook as its Regional Head, Africa for Express Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n
Prior to taking over this position Uche Ofodile was the CEO of Tigo DRC.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”3QrDSKLZNpiCN4qwuv9vPqLWpaTsIEO7″]Her key role at her new position – Express Wi-Fi will be to help expand connectivity to underserved locations around the world through Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n
In a post on Facebook announcing her new position, Uche Ofodile who will be based in London, stated that Express Wi-Fi will also work to empower entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n
”Not only do we aim to increase the number of internet users; we also help create and empower local entrepreneurs! I am so proud of the work the team has done so far and we will continue to build on this in Africa. I am super excited to be joining the team”.<\/p>\n
Uche Ofodile holds a Bachelors degree in Political Science from the Ramapo College of New Jersey and attended the Columbia Business School- Columbia University, and studied Strategic Management under their \u00a0Executive Education program.<\/p>\n
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By:\u00a0 Vivian Kai Lokko\/citibusinessnews.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n
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The former Chief Marketing Officer of Vodafone Ghana Uche Ofodile, has been appointed by Facebook as its Regional Head, Africa for Express Wi-Fi. Prior to taking over this position Uche Ofodile was the CEO of Tigo DRC. [contextly_sidebar id=”3QrDSKLZNpiCN4qwuv9vPqLWpaTsIEO7″]Her key role at her new position – Express Wi-Fi will be to help expand connectivity to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":292035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,718],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n