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Mara Phones appoints Taku as MD for South Africa

Tuesday 26 January 2021 | 10:34 CET | News
South African smartphone manufacturer Mara Phones has appointed Sylvester Taku as MD with immediate effect. Taku has been doing business in Africa for over 20 years and has been head of growth at Mara Phones since 2019. He led the opening of the first bricks-and-mortar Mara Experience Store in Maponya Mall in Soweto exactly a year after Mara Phones unveiled the country's first smartphone manufacturing facility in KZN. 

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Companies: Mara
Countries: South Africa
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