Sylvia Mulinge is the Chief Executive Officer, MTN Uganda, having joined in October 2022. She is the former Chief Consumer Business Officer at Safaricom PLC in Kenya.

She is seasoned executive with a commercial career spanning over 20 years from telecoms, financial services, and fast-moving consumer goods. Her work experience began in fast-moving consumer goods and transitioned into the telecom industry serving in various senior capacities for the last 15 years.

Mulinge has received several awards including the Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear 2022 in Kenya. She appeared in the second publication of 100 Most Influential African Women in 2020 by Avance Media and was acknowledged as Kenya’s Top 25 Women in Digital by Digitalk.

She was also named among the Top 40 Women Under 40 in Kenya by Business Daily Africa, a premier daily business newspaper published by the Nation Media Group.
Mulinge is a recipient of the ‘2015 Young Global Leader (YGL) and an alumnus of the University of Nairobi with a BSc- Food Science & Technology degree. She is also a certified executive coach and mentor in both her personal and professional life.

She has a passion for transforming lives, leadership, women empowerment, and creating community impact, having been appointed to the Presidential Award
Sensitivity: Publicm Scheme, a self-development programme in Kenya aimed at equipping young people aged 14-25 years with positive life skills to develop their communities.

Sylvia is a dedicated mother of two daughters and an enthusiast for healthy living and fitness