Safaricom finds Peter Ndegwa, its Kenyan treasure, at Diageo
The Nairobi government, which holds a third of the capital of the East African telecoms leader, insisted on putting a Kenyan national at the head of Safaricom. And its wish has been duly fulfilled with the appointment of Peter Ndegwa.
30/10/2019 at 13h47, by Africa Business+
The Kenyan telecoms operator has chosen the current Head of Diageo’s operations in Europe to take over as its CEO from April 2020.
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