Sylvia Mulinge is the CEO of Vodacom Tanzania. She started serving in that position from June 1st 2018.
She is the former Director for Consumer Business at Safaricom. With a keen interest in consumer marketing and brand activation, Sylvia has spent over a decade in marketing with half of this in the telecommunications industry.
She joined Safaricom in February 2006 from Unilever and rose from the role of Prepay product manager to Head of Retail, then GM of Safaricom Business and eventually taking her current position as Director, Consumer Business.
A first class honours graduate in Food Science and Technology from the University of Nairobi, Sylvia is a member of the Marketing Society of Kenya and she has distinguished herself by winning various marketing awards in the industry.
Sylvia is a mentor and leader in both her private and public life. She was recently voted as one of the top 40 most influential women under the age of 40 in Kenya by Business Daily, the East Africa’s premier business newspaper.