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Veemal Gungadin
CEO of Mauritius Telecom
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After 25 years building and scaling digital businesses across Singapore, the United States, China and India, the Mauritian returned home with a clear purpose: to help build the country’s next phase of growth through technology.
He has seen first-hand how digital infrastructure reshapes economies, expands opportunity and redefines what small nations can achieve. He brings that perspective with a firm conviction that Mauritius can play a far bigger role in the global digital landscape.
Under his leadership, Mauritius Telecom is evolving from a traditional telecoms operator into a digital infrastructure backbone. The company recently became the first in Mauritius to deploy NVIDIA GPUs, laying the foundation for AI-era computing on the island. At the same time, MT is rolling out mytGPT across schools nationwide, placing AI-powered learning tools in the hands of teachers and students–an investment to ensure that the next generation does not just consume the AI revolution, but helps shape it.
The broader strategic vision is equally ambitious: building sovereign cloud capabilities, strengthening regional connectivity, and positioning Mauritius as a trusted digital hub at the crossroads of Africa and Asia.
Veemal serves on the Board of Directors of Digital Council Africa, contributing to the continent’s AI and digital policy agenda. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Orange Madagascar.
He has seen first-hand how digital infrastructure reshapes economies, expands opportunity and redefines what small nations can achieve. He brings that perspective with a firm conviction that Mauritius can play a far bigger role in the global digital landscape.
Under his leadership, Mauritius Telecom is evolving from a traditional telecoms operator into a digital infrastructure backbone. The company recently became the first in Mauritius to deploy NVIDIA GPUs, laying the foundation for AI-era computing on the island. At the same time, MT is rolling out mytGPT across schools nationwide, placing AI-powered learning tools in the hands of teachers and students–an investment to ensure that the next generation does not just consume the AI revolution, but helps shape it.
The broader strategic vision is equally ambitious: building sovereign cloud capabilities, strengthening regional connectivity, and positioning Mauritius as a trusted digital hub at the crossroads of Africa and Asia.
Veemal serves on the Board of Directors of Digital Council Africa, contributing to the continent’s AI and digital policy agenda. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Orange Madagascar.