By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
Africa’s leading entertainment company announced that it has created a new technology division that will be headed by outgoing Multichoice CEO Nyiko Shiburi.
The new division will consist of the broadcast technology division, enterprise business systems, group digital, DStv Streaming technology and project management office.
Shiburi will be replaced by Marc Jury, the current CEO of SuperSport, who takes over as CEO for MultiChoice South Africa.
Commenting on Shiburi’s appointment, Mawela said “Nyiko has extensive leadership experience in the technology space having grown within the MultiChoice ranks from Senior Manager for broadcast engineering and Group GM for the broadcast technology division. His technology background and experience together with his commercial experience from having ran SA and the Southern Region places him in good stead to lead this new division and deliver the best technology to achieve our goals.”
Jury also has extensive experience in leadership roles across the sports and entertainment sectors in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, said Mawela.
Prior to leading SuperSport as CEO, Jury was responsible for the commercial aspects of SuperSport which included managing sports-related programming across the SuperSport channels and marketing the content of these channels.
Rendani Ramovha, currently head of marketing and commercial, has been appointed as CEO-designate for SuperSport and will take over from April 1, 2024.
Ramovha will in this transition period, report directly into Teix Texeira, who will be interim CEO of SuperSport for 12 months.
Texeira has been Chief Content Officer for SuperSport over the past year, having recently re-joined SuperSport from Sky in New Zealand, where he occupied various leadership roles including CEO of Sky Sports. Within SuperSport he has previously held several roles, including Head of Productions and Head of Channels.
“We are excited about this new leadership team and believe they will play a key role in our journey to become a technology platform of choice,” concluded Mawela.