UNILORIN ALUMNA KEMI OMOTOSHO APPOINTED HEAD OF MULTICHOICE NIGERIA
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By: Balogun Ibrahim
MultiChoice Nigeria has named Kemi Omotosho as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective January 2026.
The appointment, announced on January 13, will see Omotosho succeed John Ugbe, who is retiring after nearly 15 years leading the pay-TV company.
MultiChoice highlighted that Omotosho brings more than 20 years of leadership experience across media, telecommunications, and digital businesses in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa.
Prior to her appointment as CEO of MultiChoice Nigeria, Omotosho was the Regional Director for Southern Africa at MultiChoice Group, overseeing a $300 million annual revenue portfolio across seven English- and Portuguese-speaking countries with full profit-and-loss responsibility.
She is widely recognised within the group for her disciplined portfolio management, robust governance practices, and proven ability to deliver results at scale in challenging and volatile operating environments.
Omotosho is also recognised for her ability to integrate sales, customer value management, marketing, customer experience, finance, human resources, and regulatory engagement into unified operating models that enhance performance and resilience.
She was nominated by the Group CEO for the Top Leaders Programme in 2024 and chosen for the Chairman’s Leadership Programme at Harvard Business School.
Her notable achievements include designing and implementing the Africa-wide Step-Up ATL campaign, which generated $20 million in additional revenue within just three months.
Omotosho has also guided organisations through pricing adjustments, digital transitions, operational disruptions, and macroeconomic challenges, all while preserving customer value.
Within the group, she has been instrumental in embedding the ‘BOLDER’ culture and implementing the Ubuntu Mastery Framework to reinforce leadership pipelines.
Omotosho’s expertise covers CEO and P&L leadership, regional and cluster strategy, operational excellence, leadership and talent development, customer monetisation, and large-scale transformation.
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She has managed complex, multi-market portfolios with a focus on balancing growth, profitability, cash flow, and risk, while promoting efficiency and execution discipline in high-FX and inflationary environments.
Omotosho served as Regional Director for Southern Africa at MultiChoice Group from October 2023 to December 2025.
In this role, she managed operations across Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, Malawi, Angola, and Mozambique, holding full P&L responsibility for an annual revenue portfolio exceeding $300 million.
She implemented market-specific growth and efficiency strategies, reinforced KPI-driven performance management, and led leadership and culture transformation initiatives, achieving 52 percent female representation in regional leadership.
Omotosho served as Group Executive Head of Customer Value Management for Rest of Africa at MultiChoice Group from June 2019 to September 2023, providing functional leadership across more than 50 countries.
She previously held the role of Head of Customer Lifecycle Management for Rest of Africa at MultiChoice Africa Holdings from August 2018 to May 2019, and was Head of Customer Value Management for MultiChoice Nigeria from January 2014 to July 2018.
Before joining MultiChoice, Omotosho built her career at Airtel Nigeria, holding various roles across sales, enterprise accounts, postpaid usage, and customer service between 2003 and 2013.
As CEO of MultiChoice Nigeria, she will assume full leadership and statutory responsibility for the company, overseeing strategy, profit and loss, governance, and regulatory relationships.
Omotosho is also expected to drive accelerated commercial growth across DStv, GOtv, and digital platforms, strengthen customer acquisition and retention, and lead operating-model and performance transformations across the business.
She will be responsible for building and leading a high-performing executive team, enhancing governance, leadership capability, and organisational culture to deliver sustainable growth.
Omotosho holds an Executive MBA from Lagos Business School and a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from the University of Ilorin (Unilorin).
Her executive training includes programmes at Harvard Business School, INSEAD, IESE Business School, Gordon Institute of Business Science, Duke Corporate Education, and Naspers Leadership Catalyst.
She served as an executive member of The Boardroom Africa from 2023 to 2024 and has been a mentor in the MultiChoice Africa Advancing Women programme.
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