Hilda Bujiku: Leading a great team in a great company to make the difference

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As the first Tanzanian and first woman to currently head Vodacom Tanzania as acting Managing Director, Hilda Bujiku gives insights into her personal and professional growth as she settles in the new role in this exclusive interview with The Citizen.

We acted very fast to manage and mitigate the risks and impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on our staff and stakeholders while ensuring alignment with national, global and Vodafone Group requirements. For us, business did not stop. Our state of the art technologies and network ensured that remote working was possible for 80 per cent of our employees. We supported them to be productive while staying safe at home, including increasing awareness on relevant preventive measures, enhancing access to the necessary digital tools for effective communication, and supporting employees emotionally and mentally through our Employee Assistance Programme . For those who continued to work from our offices and retail shops, we provided the necessary personal protective equipment (PPE), and enhanced the sanitation and access protocols in all offices, warehouses, shops, and data centres.

We commend the government for a key reform that was brought about by the Finance Act 2022 which amended service levies applicable on Mobile Financial Services by further reducing the rates by 45 per cent, bringing down the overall reduction since the levies were originally introduced by 63 per cent. This move means that as a company, our performance can begin to recover and through such recovery we are better equipped to continue innovating, return value to our shareholders as well as continue to invest in Tanzania. However, we are particularly encouraged by the ‘Digital Tanzania’ programme which looks to empower the entire population with ICT skills, infrastructure and enabling policies which are key ingredients to an enabling sector of telecommunications. Telecommunications enables the digitisation of agriculture, health, education, government service delivery among other key sectors of the economy.

Hilda Bujiku: Leading a great team in a great company to make the difference

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