Posts Tagged ‘Kenya’
Senior Execs Quit Vodacom SA for Kenya’s Safaricom
Vodacom has lost two of its top executives. Willem Swart, the group’s chief officer for international business tendered his resignation after the markets closed on Thursday evening. The group reported first quarter financial results on Thursday that reflected a disappointing performance in Vodacom’s operations outside The JSE-listed [...]
Vodafone’s Bob Collymore, 52, to Replace Michael Joseph as Safaricom CEO
Nairobi, 22 July 2010 | Safaricom CEO Michael Joseph is set to retire on 1st November this year. While announcing the move, Nicholas Nganga, Safaricom Board Chairman, said that Joseph will be replaced by Vodafone’s Bob Collymore, 52, who has worked in the telecommunications industry for more than 30 years in a variety of roles including that of [...]
Safaricom CEO to retire by end of 2010
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The head of Safaricom plans to step down by the end of 2010 after a decade at the helm, during which he turned the telecoms firm into east Africa's biggest company by market capitalisation. "I am planning to retire sometime in 2010, that's my intention," Chief Executive Officer Michael Joseph told Reuters in an [...]
Police shoot seven dead, Nairobi
Capital FM, Nairobi, Seven taxi drivers were shot dead by the police on Wednesday night after they got caught up in a clash between suspected Mungiki sect members and motorcycle operators. The gun battle erupted in Kawangware when the police were called in to diffuse tension in the area after the Mungiki attacked motorcycle operators [...]
Equity Bank’s Membership drive attracts unlikely members — Nigerian Fraudsters!
“Hata wao ni members – (they too are members),” says Daniel Ndeti, a member of Skunkworks, an online forum through which tech experts discuss ICT related topics. Ndeti is taking cue from Equity Bank’s latest ad campaign that seeks to drive the bank’s membership. In one of the ads the bank has been running over the past few months, a [...]
Hillary Clinton’s Speech Full Transcript at The 8th Forum of AGOA Kenya 2009
Below is Hillary Clinton's Full Speech Transcript delivered at The 8th Forum of AGOA in Nairobi, Kenya 2009Nairobi, Kenya. Good morning. Let me thank the trade minister for those welcoming words, and tell you what a privilege it is for me to join you here today. I am very grateful to the people and Government of Kenya for hosting this AGOA Forum, [...]
Kenya, a failed state, now headed to the dogs
Unfortunately for Kenya, all that holds the coalition together now is mutual greed and pressure from abroad.From The EconomistAFTER the horrendous violence that followed Kenya’s flawed general election in 2007, the mediation of Kofi Annan, a former secretary-general of the United Nations, was acclaimed for pushing the two main political parties [...]
TRANSCRIPT: KENYA BUDGET 2009/2010 DELIVERED ON 11TH JUNE, 2009, BY FINANCE MINISTER UHURU KENYATTA
TRANSCRIPT: KENYA BUDGET 2009/2010 DELIVERED ON 11TH JUNE, 2009, BY FINANCE MINISTER UHURU KENYATTA Theme: Overcoming Today’s Challenges for A Better Kenya Tomorrow Mr. Speaker, the 2009 Budget is premised on the need to urgently overcome the immediate socio-economic challenges that we face today. This we must do in order to restore the [...]
Kenyan Blog Reveals identity of US Visa-Ban minister
A controversial Kenyan blog, kumekucha.blogspot.com today revealed the identity of a Kenyan minister who has been banned from ever setting foot in the US.The blog describes the minister as "very upset" by the move because there are indications that his family members and business associates will also be affected.When issuing the Visa ban notice [...]
Kenya’s Leading Paper (The Standard) Endorse Barack Obama for President
The Standard, a Kenyan Newspaper whose tagline reads "for fairness and justice" has endorsed Barack Obama for the Presidency of the United States. The Standard joins numerous other Newspapers and media houses around the world who have publicly declared their support for the democratic party candidate.However, this particular endorsement is not [...]
