Nigeria’s Ogochukwu Onwuzurike has been named country manager for Truecaller Nigeria as the messaging platform refocuses its stakes among the nation’s connected community.
As of June 30, Truecaller had more than 356 millions monthly active users globally and the new Country Manager for Truecaller Nigeria joins approximately 400 employees across Sweden, India, Egypt, Israel and the US.
Truecaller says the appointment of country managers in targeted growth markets of Nigeria and Colombia will drive growth of its global communications platform.
The country managers, the company announced, are responsible for leading Truecaller’s go-to-market functions including managing end-to-end operations of Truecaller’s expanding operations in Nigeria and Colombia and to negotiate and collaborate with vendors, service providers, and local businesses with the ultimate goal of making Truecaller a household name in the regions among consumers and businesses.
Truecaller taps talents to drive Nigeria, Colombia expansion
The country managers, the company announced, are responsible for leading Truecaller’s go-to-market functions including managing end-to-end operations of Truecaller’s expanding operations in Nigeria and Colombia and to negotiate and collaborate with vendors, service providers, and local businesses with the ultimate goal of making Truecaller a household name in the regions among consumers and businesses.
Ogochukwu Onwuzurike, newly appointed country manager in Nigeria has over a decade of experience of working across several industry verticals such as banking, payments, fintech and SaaS.
Nicolás Vargas, newly appointed country manager in Colombia, joins Truecaller with a rich experience of more than 12 years of working across several industries and verticals. His last role at Uber was as Business Development Country Leader.
“A new generation of companies and tools are changing the way we live our lives today. On the back of the digital transformation wave across the African continent, there is a need to continue to build the trust, privacy and safety infrastructure. That is what I find fascinating about Truecaller’s Mission. Creating safe spaces, including digital and communication spaces, is imperative for a prosperous Africa. I am inspired to join Truecaller to build that reality for my continent,” Ogochukwu Onwuzurike says.
“I joined Truecaller because the spam/scam problema in Colombia is growing by the minute and I firmly believe in the company’s mission to protect people from malicious intent. Also, people are entitled to their privacy and one way of achieving this is by curbing spammers. Everyone should have access to Truecaller’s set of tools to thwart spam/scam, ” Nicolás Vargas says.
“I’m pleased to welcome Ogochukwu and Nicolás to the Truecaller team,” Nami Zarringhalam, Truecaller Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer says. Ogo and Nicolás bring with them a wealth of experience that will greatly benefit our ambitious plans. We have long since wanted to add local expertise and regional knowledge in Nigeria and Colombia and now with Ogo’s and Nicolás’ appointment, I am confident that having feet on the ground will enhance our capabilities further. We have clear ambitions to further grow the promising African and Latin American markets, deliver our class-leading caller ID and spam blocking functionality as well as cater to the needs of the diverse businesses that operate in the region.”
Truecaller says it has witnessed increased growth in the number of users from Africa, Latin America as well as SouthEast Asia in 2023. During the last quarter,
Truecaller surpassed 100 million users outside of India and the absolute growth of users in RoW reached all-time high levels. The ambition going forward is to focus on specific markets like Nigeria and Colombia by recruiting top talent to utilise the full width of the Truecaller offerings and capabilities to accelerate the organic growth even further, the company says.
