Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore term at the helm of Kenya’s biggest telecoms firm has been extended. Collymore will remain as Safaricom boss for the next 12-15 months to compensate time spent while he was away on sick leave. Collymore has helped to build Safaricom into East Africa’s most profitable company, thanks to the popular mobile money transfer service M-Pesa and a growing customer base. He has also led the charge against regulatory efforts to clip the company’s wings due to its dominant size. Earlier this month, Health CS Sicily Kariuki appointed him a board member of the National Cancer Institute.

Source: The Star May 23, 2019 10:18 UTC