aYo Holdings Appoints New Group CEO
aYo Holdings has appointed Marius Botha as its new group chief executive officer (CEO). The African micro-insurance fintech business is a joint venture between telecommunication giant MTN and traditional insurer Momentum Metropolitan Holdings (MMH) and it offers accidental hospital cover and life cover in Zambia, Uganda and Ghana with additional African countries launching in []
Author: Jenna Delport
Date: 2020-11-20
URL: https://www.itnewsafrica.com/2020/11/ayo-holdings-appoints-new-group-ceo/
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