Peter Ndegwa will today take over the Safaricom CEO position from the acting and founding CEO Michael Joseph. Mr Ndegwa will succeed Bob Collimore who succumbed to cancer in July 2019. He was appointed in the position in October 2019.
He joins Safaricom at 51 and also the first Kenyan to serve in the CEO position at East Africa’s largest telco. However, his reign comes at the most difficult times when the world is facing a serious pandemic. Businesses have closed down globally and even locally some struggling to stay afloat during the Coronavirus pandemic. Which might affect his first period in office.
Speaking on his strategy, Mr Ndegwa plans to do things more differently despite the COVID-19 crisis. “It is time to serve my country. There are two things that I value most, which are humility and integrity. He talks on Integrity as doing what you say and humility as knowing that there is always more that you can do,” said Mr Ndegwa.
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