Safaricom CEO to leave as row erupts over successor: sourcesSafaricom CEO Bob Collymore. However, he took a nine-month medical leave in late 2017 to return to his native England to battle cancer, and has now indicated he wants to step down, the sources told Reuters. But the government objected, citing an agreement supporting the appointment of a Kenyan as CEO, adopted at a shareholder meeting in 2017. Joe Mucheru, the minister for information communication and technology, said there had been no formal communication from the company on Collymore’s successor. Collymore, who said he had acquired Kenyan citizenship in recent years, said skills were more important than nationality.

Source: Standard Digital April 29, 2019 14:26 UTC