Angela Wamola

Acting Head of Sub Saharan Africa at GSMA

Angela has 20 years of business leadership experience in
digital transformation environments having built a reputation for oversight in the adaption of new technologies that lend towards operational sustainability and innovative strategic thinking.

A leader, well trained in high performance teams, she is
currently the Acting Head of Sub Saharan Africa at the GSMA, a trade body that represents the interests of 800+ mobile operators worldwide and stakeholders in the wider ecosystem.

She is committed to digital & gender inclusion particularly in the domain of Women and Girls for Tech, and facilitates collaboration for the advancement and acceleration of a digital African continent.

Angela is a member of the Shared Value Africa Initiative Kenya Working Group and Smart Africa’s Digital Identity, ePayments Data Protection and Artificial Intelligence Working Groups. She holds a Executive Masters in Business Administration degree from University of Cape Town and a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from University of Nairobi.