MTN Nigeria’s Larry Annett to take up CMO position at MTN SA
The new CMO of MTN SA, Larry Annetts.
News from MTN is that Larry Annetts, who headed up marketing for the mobile operator in Nigeria, is heading to South Africa where he’s be the incoming Chief Marketing Officer of MTN SA. MTN tells us that Anetts is no stranger to the world of marketing, consumer strategy and product development. “An accomplished marketer and strategist, Annetts started his career in 1995 as product manager at MTN SA,” reads a communique from the telecommunications company. ” This was followed by serving in the start-up team that was responsible for setting up MTN Uganda and Rwanda consecutively,” it continues.
MTN says that during his term in Nigeria Annetts inspired and led the most talked about advertising campaign in Nigeria (Saka’s I don port) which earned a global positive sentiment rating of 86%, over 8 million unique mentions and a total earned media value of 4 billion naira in 23 days. The mobile operator writes: “Under his leadership, MTN Callertunez hit the 30 million subscriber mark, witha library of over 12 000 Callertunez from various artists, making MTN the largest distributor of music and related content in Nigeria. He also initiated the first of its kind branded music CD containing music of all MTN ambassadors. This is in addition to the successful launch of MTN Nigeria AfriNolly app, which is now the most downloaded app developed in Africa, boasting over two million downloads, which has generated over 24 million viewing minutes across all its content category.”
Well done, and welcome back to South Africa Larry Annetts. Read the full media release from MTN about the company’s new CMO here.
