Author: Khusoko

Huawei hosted its second annual TrustInTech Summit, which was attended by ICT industry experts, academia, and economists from around the world. Speakers included Huawei’s Executive Director of the Board and President of the Carrier Business Group, Ryan Ding, international investor Jim Rogers, GSMA CMO Stephanie Lynch-Habib, and others.  Focusing on the new challenges the world faced in 2020, the Summit highlighted ICT’s critical role as the key digital infrastructure to support societal wellbeing and economic recovery. Given the rising trend of technology decoupling, the Summit emphasized the need to embrace open collaboration, as well as the call to defeat the…

Regional based insurance firm UAP Holdings on Friday said it has appointed Dr Catherine Adeya as a non-executive director on the company’s board of directors. Dr Catherine Adeya serves as the Director of Research at the World Wide Web Foundation. She is an experienced leader and researcher in the technology and development industry. Dr Adeya has more than 20 years of experience working in tech and research. In 2013, she became the first CEO of the Konza Technopolis Development Authority. She also worked as the Director of Business Process Outsourcing at the Ministry of ICT in Kenya. More recently, Catherine…

East African Breweries Limited (EABL) on Thursday said it has appointed Mrs. Jane Karuku as the new Group Managing Director and Mr. John Musunga as Managing Director for its Kenyan subsidiary, KBL. The appointments of Mrs. Karuku and Mr. Cowan will take effect from 1st January 2021 and Mr. Musunga’s appointment will take effect by 1st March 2021. Mrs Karuku replaces Mr Andrew Cowan who has been in the EABL business for four and a half years.  Mr. Cowan is taking up a new role in Diageo’s global business as Managing Director for Africa Regional Markets. He will remain a…

Ms Ory A. Okolloh has resigned as an Independent Non-Executive Director from the board of Stanbic Holdings Plc. Her resignation took effect Wednesday. However, she will remain as chair of Stanbic Kenya Foundation board. The foundation has a mandate of catalyzing inclusive Social Economic growth and promoting Environmental/Climate awareness as avenues to create sustainable businesses in Kenya and South Sudan economies in line with the Sustainable Development Goals. She serves as a Non-Executive Director on the Boards of several organizations including the Thomson Reuters Founders Share Company, East African Breweries Limited, Stanbic Holdings Plc and Stanbic Bank Kenya, the Board of…

Telkom Kenya announced new appointments to its leadership team. The telco has appointed Claire Munene and Saddiq Mwai to join as the new Director, Customer Experience, and the Director of Digital Financial Services, respectively, within the Telkom Consumer Service Delivery Unit, with Elam Muchira, joining as Director, Internal Audit. Claire has over 14 years’ experience in Customer Experience, with a focus on the telecommunications and banking sectors. Prior to joining Telkom, she served as the Vice President – Partnerships at Ajua – Africa’s first Integrated Customer Experience Company. She has also served as HOD, Customer Value Management at Safaricom. While…

British American Tobacco Kenya (BAT Kenya) on Monday said its Managing Director Mrs. Beverly Spencer-Obatoyinbo has submitted her resignation citing personal reasons. Her resignation will effective 31st December 2020 after serving for nearly 4 years in the position. Following the resignation, the company has appointed Mr Crispin Achola as the new Managing Director effective 1st January 2021. In a statement to investors, BAT Kenya noted that Mrs. Beverly had completed her assignment and she will continue to serve in advisory capacity “for a period of time to ensure a smooth transition”. Before his appointment, Achola served as the General Manager…