Biography |
Ms Mandla Msimang, Managing Director, Pygma
Consulting Mandla who holds a holds a BA from Cornell
University (Ithaca, New York) and an MSc in Regulation (Utilities) from London
School of Economics, has 12 years of experience in the ICT industry having
worked at different times for the regulator, an operator and as an independent
consultant. Mandla started her career in the telecommunications sector as an
Advisor to Council at the South African Telecommunications Regulatory Authority
(SATRA, now Independent Communications Authority of South Africa) and later,
(2001) became a Senior Manager at ICASA responsible for competition policy,
research and economic & financial analysis in 2001. Her work at ICASA involved
managing the Policy Analysis and Development Division which dealt with
competition issues and economic and financial analysis in the telecommunications
sector. Her areas of focus are licensing, convergence and universal access and
service. Mandla joined Cell C (Pty) Ltd in 2004 as Senior Manager: Regulatory
Affairs, and left in Q1 2007 to start Pygma Consulting. Mandla is fluent in
English and proficient in French. |
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