* Richard Snow has resigned from the Vodacom board and will be replaced by regional Vodafone CEO Nick Read.

*Nokia is replacing its CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, with a top Microsoft executive, Stephen Elop, as the Finnish handset manufacturer seeks to make up for ground it has lost in recent years to rivals such as iPhone-maker Apple and BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion.

* The head of Nokia Corp.'s mobile phones business, Anssi Vanjoki, has announced he is resigning from the company, just three days

* MTN Ghana’s Chief Marketing Officer George Andah is going to work for Bharti Airtel, the new owners of Zain. Clement Ofori Asante will replace him.