Posted on 25 October 2019.
The Safaricom board has appointed Diageo’s Managing Director, Peter Ndegwa, as the company’s Chief Executive Officer effective April 1, 2020. According to a statement by Safaricom, “Peter is the Managing Director of Diageo Continental Europe, where he oversees the operations of Diageo PLC in 50 countries in Western and Eastern Europe, Russia, Middle East and North […]
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Posted on 02 July 2019.
Kenyans across all walks of life have celebrated the life of the late Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore, with everyone commending Bob for his investment in changing the lives of people and the community at large. Bob Collymore (61) has succumbed to cancer at his home on the morning of July 2019 after a long battle […]
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Posted on 01 July 2019.
Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore (61) has succumbed to cancer. According to a statement by Safaricom, Bob Collymore died at his home in the morning of July 2019 after a long battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). In October 2017, Collymore traveled to the UK for treatment and resumed duty at Safaricom in July 2018. Bob […]
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Posted on 10 December 2018.
For a long time two things have been responsible for bringing Nairobians to a standstill; rains and power blackout. Over the weekend though as the nation would come to learn, the above two issues have been overthrown by Mpesa, the mobile money platform ran by Safaricom. On Saturday evening, Mpesa experienced a systems failure that […]
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Posted on 06 November 2018.
Safaricom has partnered with American financial services firm Western Union to launch MpesaGlobal, a service that will facilitate international mobile money transfer. “open up a world of possibilities with Mpesa and Western Union” is the slogan for MpesaGlobal. Mpesa global will enable more than 21 Million M-Pesa customers to instantly send money to any individual across […]
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