About

SEACOM is a privately owned and operated pan-African ICT enabler, originally envisioned by a group of African investors in 2007 who wanted to offer a best-in-class international network. Head of legal and telecoms expert Carmen Cupido leads the legal team to deal with corporate compliance and telecoms legal policy matters. The legal team has set a high bar of providing comprehensive in-depth legal, business-focused advice to the business, implementing initiatives and processes that reinforce a culture of integrity, optimum ethical standards and responsibility across the business. It is critical that the legal team identify legal risks and implications involved in all the business’s projects, frequently communicating with senior management in all departments of the business and keeping them informed of developments in regulatory matters that potentially affect business acquisitions. The team’s skillset has been required for a number of projects, specifically in 2017 when it helped SEACOM acquire internet service provider, MacroLan, to extend fibre reach in the Western Cape.