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Safaricom....Collymore Successor Yes Kenyan Can
guru267
#81 Posted : Wednesday, July 03, 2019 7:23:33 PM
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Ericsson wrote:
nairobby wrote:
Angelica _ann wrote:
nairobby wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
nairobby wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
nairobby wrote:
I think Sylvia is brilliant. She holds the second highest position at Safaricom after the CEO and if you look at what her role entails, it's very serious. However, GoK cannot be trusted!!


CEO
CFO
CTO
Then the rest follows.
That is the pecking order


Sylvia role is more important than CFO/CTO my friend. There is a reason that CCO position was specially created.

Even the arrangement of senior management on their website does well to highlight that.

Is she an appointee by Vodafone?
The arrangement is to cheat your eyes.Before her there was a guy called Peter Arina who was very sure he was second in command and was to succeed Michael Joseph.


She has 5 business units reporting to her. Consumer Business, Sales Operations, Customer Care Service, Brand Marketing & Experience, Digital and Market Development. These are the biggest parts of their operations.

Tell me who else apart from the CEO is bigger than her at Safaricom with this JD.


CFO handles all the corporate stuff including Slyvia's unit yawa.


No he doesn't. Sylvia doesn't report to the CFO. CFO looks at mambo ya hesabu and investor relations. Very important role but not more important than CCO.


Sylvia is an appointee of Bob.
CFO and CTO are appointees of Vodafone.
No matter how many business units reports to her,that's inconsequential.


Mulinge was appointed by Vodafone to run Vodacom TZ. If Vodafone had confidence in her then she is good to run Safcom. Though I suspect her stint at Vodacom TZ was supposed to be training to takeover Safcom in the future until TZ government booted her out.
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murchr
#82 Posted : Wednesday, July 03, 2019 7:34:02 PM
Rank: Elder

Joined: 2/26/2012
Posts: 15,980
guru267 wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
nairobby wrote:
Angelica _ann wrote:
nairobby wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
nairobby wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
nairobby wrote:
I think Sylvia is brilliant. She holds the second highest position at Safaricom after the CEO and if you look at what her role entails, it's very serious. However, GoK cannot be trusted!!


CEO
CFO
CTO
Then the rest follows.
That is the pecking order


Sylvia role is more important than CFO/CTO my friend. There is a reason that CCO position was specially created.

Even the arrangement of senior management on their website does well to highlight that.

Is she an appointee by Vodafone?
The arrangement is to cheat your eyes.Before her there was a guy called Peter Arina who was very sure he was second in command and was to succeed Michael Joseph.


She has 5 business units reporting to her. Consumer Business, Sales Operations, Customer Care Service, Brand Marketing & Experience, Digital and Market Development. These are the biggest parts of their operations.

Tell me who else apart from the CEO is bigger than her at Safaricom with this JD.


CFO handles all the corporate stuff including Slyvia's unit yawa.


No he doesn't. Sylvia doesn't report to the CFO. CFO looks at mambo ya hesabu and investor relations. Very important role but not more important than CCO.


Sylvia is an appointee of Bob.
CFO and CTO are appointees of Vodafone.
No matter how many business units reports to her,that's inconsequential.


Mulinge was appointed by Vodafone to run Vodacom TZ. If Vodafone had confidence in her then she is good to run Safcom. Though I suspect her stint at Vodacom TZ was supposed to be training to takeover Safcom in the future until TZ government booted her out.


And to add, Sylvia was not just appointed by Bob, she was at Safaricom since its inception , rose through the ranks under MJ and Bob thought she was brilliant. A Wazua keyboard warrior cannot take that away from her.

When she was away in TZ waiting for to take over the Vodacom job, Safaricom's sales went down and only improved when Bob reappointed her in office - look at the books, and presentation by Sateesh.
"There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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Ericsson
#83 Posted : Wednesday, July 03, 2019 7:55:03 PM
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Joined: 12/4/2009
Posts: 10,804
Location: NAIROBI
guru267 wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
nairobby wrote:
Angelica _ann wrote:
nairobby wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
nairobby wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
nairobby wrote:
I think Sylvia is brilliant. She holds the second highest position at Safaricom after the CEO and if you look at what her role entails, it's very serious. However, GoK cannot be trusted!!


CEO
CFO
CTO
Then the rest follows.
That is the pecking order


Sylvia role is more important than CFO/CTO my friend. There is a reason that CCO position was specially created.

Even the arrangement of senior management on their website does well to highlight that.

Is she an appointee by Vodafone?
The arrangement is to cheat your eyes.Before her there was a guy called Peter Arina who was very sure he was second in command and was to succeed Michael Joseph.


She has 5 business units reporting to her. Consumer Business, Sales Operations, Customer Care Service, Brand Marketing & Experience, Digital and Market Development. These are the biggest parts of their operations.

Tell me who else apart from the CEO is bigger than her at Safaricom with this JD.


CFO handles all the corporate stuff including Slyvia's unit yawa.


No he doesn't. Sylvia doesn't report to the CFO. CFO looks at mambo ya hesabu and investor relations. Very important role but not more important than CCO.


Sylvia is an appointee of Bob.
CFO and CTO are appointees of Vodafone.
No matter how many business units reports to her,that's inconsequential.


Mulinge was appointed by Vodafone to run Vodacom TZ. If Vodafone had confidence in her then she is good to run Safcom. Though I suspect her stint at Vodacom TZ was supposed to be training to takeover Safcom in the future until TZ government booted her out.


@guru
I agree with you there.Tz was to be training but didn't materialize
Wealth is built through a relatively simple equation
Wealth=Income + Investments - Lifestyle
Ericsson
#84 Posted : Wednesday, July 03, 2019 7:57:28 PM
Rank: Elder

Joined: 12/4/2009
Posts: 10,804
Location: NAIROBI
murchr wrote:
guru267 wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
nairobby wrote:
Angelica _ann wrote:
nairobby wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
nairobby wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
nairobby wrote:
I think Sylvia is brilliant. She holds the second highest position at Safaricom after the CEO and if you look at what her role entails, it's very serious. However, GoK cannot be trusted!!


CEO
CFO
CTO
Then the rest follows.
That is the pecking order


Sylvia role is more important than CFO/CTO my friend. There is a reason that CCO position was specially created.

Even the arrangement of senior management on their website does well to highlight that.

Is she an appointee by Vodafone?
The arrangement is to cheat your eyes.Before her there was a guy called Peter Arina who was very sure he was second in command and was to succeed Michael Joseph.


She has 5 business units reporting to her. Consumer Business, Sales Operations, Customer Care Service, Brand Marketing & Experience, Digital and Market Development. These are the biggest parts of their operations.

Tell me who else apart from the CEO is bigger than her at Safaricom with this JD.


CFO handles all the corporate stuff including Slyvia's unit yawa.


No he doesn't. Sylvia doesn't report to the CFO. CFO looks at mambo ya hesabu and investor relations. Very important role but not more important than CCO.


Sylvia is an appointee of Bob.
CFO and CTO are appointees of Vodafone.
No matter how many business units reports to her,that's inconsequential.


Mulinge was appointed by Vodafone to run Vodacom TZ. If Vodafone had confidence in her then she is good to run Safcom. Though I suspect her stint at Vodacom TZ was supposed to be training to takeover Safcom in the future until TZ government booted her out.


And to add, Sylvia was not just appointed by Bob, she was at Safaricom since its inception , rose through the ranks under MJ and Bob thought she was brilliant. A Wazua keyboard warrior cannot take that away from her.

When she was away in TZ waiting for to take over the Vodacom job, Safaricom's sales went down and only improved when Bob reappointed her in office - look at the books, and presentation by Sateesh.

Lies and lies
Sylvia didn't join safaricom at it's inception. She joined safaricom in 2006.
Wealth is built through a relatively simple equation
Wealth=Income + Investments - Lifestyle
NewMoney
#85 Posted : Wednesday, July 03, 2019 8:07:07 PM
Rank: Member

Joined: 3/1/2019
Posts: 170
Location: Nairobi
Ericsson wrote:
murchr wrote:
guru267 wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
nairobby wrote:
Angelica _ann wrote:
nairobby wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
nairobby wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
nairobby wrote:
I think Sylvia is brilliant. She holds the second highest position at Safaricom after the CEO and if you look at what her role entails, it's very serious. However, GoK cannot be trusted!!


CEO
CFO
CTO
Then the rest follows.
That is the pecking order


Sylvia role is more important than CFO/CTO my friend. There is a reason that CCO position was specially created.

Even the arrangement of senior management on their website does well to highlight that.

Is she an appointee by Vodafone?
The arrangement is to cheat your eyes.Before her there was a guy called Peter Arina who was very sure he was second in command and was to succeed Michael Joseph.


She has 5 business units reporting to her. Consumer Business, Sales Operations, Customer Care Service, Brand Marketing & Experience, Digital and Market Development. These are the biggest parts of their operations.

Tell me who else apart from the CEO is bigger than her at Safaricom with this JD.


CFO handles all the corporate stuff including Slyvia's unit yawa.


No he doesn't. Sylvia doesn't report to the CFO. CFO looks at mambo ya hesabu and investor relations. Very important role but not more important than CCO.


Sylvia is an appointee of Bob.
CFO and CTO are appointees of Vodafone.
No matter how many business units reports to her,that's inconsequential.


Mulinge was appointed by Vodafone to run Vodacom TZ. If Vodafone had confidence in her then she is good to run Safcom. Though I suspect her stint at Vodacom TZ was supposed to be training to takeover Safcom in the future until TZ government booted her out.


And to add, Sylvia was not just appointed by Bob, she was at Safaricom since its inception , rose through the ranks under MJ and Bob thought she was brilliant. A Wazua keyboard warrior cannot take that away from her.

When she was away in TZ waiting for to take over the Vodacom job, Safaricom's sales went down and only improved when Bob reappointed her in office - look at the books, and presentation by Sateesh.

Lies and lies
Sylvia didn't join safaricom at it's inception. She joined safaricom in 2006.


if they decide to go with a Kenyan, it will most definitely be Sylvia,
murchr
#86 Posted : Wednesday, July 03, 2019 8:10:01 PM
Rank: Elder

Joined: 2/26/2012
Posts: 15,980
Ericsson wrote:
murchr wrote:
guru267 wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
nairobby wrote:
Angelica _ann wrote:
nairobby wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
nairobby wrote:
Ericsson wrote:
nairobby wrote:
I think Sylvia is brilliant. She holds the second highest position at Safaricom after the CEO and if you look at what her role entails, it's very serious. However, GoK cannot be trusted!!


CEO
CFO
CTO
Then the rest follows.
That is the pecking order


Sylvia role is more important than CFO/CTO my friend. There is a reason that CCO position was specially created.

Even the arrangement of senior management on their website does well to highlight that.

Is she an appointee by Vodafone?
The arrangement is to cheat your eyes.Before her there was a guy called Peter Arina who was very sure he was second in command and was to succeed Michael Joseph.


She has 5 business units reporting to her. Consumer Business, Sales Operations, Customer Care Service, Brand Marketing & Experience, Digital and Market Development. These are the biggest parts of their operations.

Tell me who else apart from the CEO is bigger than her at Safaricom with this JD.


CFO handles all the corporate stuff including Slyvia's unit yawa.


No he doesn't. Sylvia doesn't report to the CFO. CFO looks at mambo ya hesabu and investor relations. Very important role but not more important than CCO.


Sylvia is an appointee of Bob.
CFO and CTO are appointees of Vodafone.
No matter how many business units reports to her,that's inconsequential.


Mulinge was appointed by Vodafone to run Vodacom TZ. If Vodafone had confidence in her then she is good to run Safcom. Though I suspect her stint at Vodacom TZ was supposed to be training to takeover Safcom in the future until TZ government booted her out.


And to add, Sylvia was not just appointed by Bob, she was at Safaricom since its inception , rose through the ranks under MJ and Bob thought she was brilliant. A Wazua keyboard warrior cannot take that away from her.

When she was away in TZ waiting for to take over the Vodacom job, Safaricom's sales went down and only improved when Bob reappointed her in office - look at the books, and presentation by Sateesh.

Lies and lies
Sylvia didn't join safaricom at it's inception. She joined safaricom in 2006.


You finally got to use google...congratulations. Pewa njugu now its a fact that as Safcom was listing and becoming a company Silvia was in there toiling and walking barefoot right? Just as an FYI her first job was to convince customers that Prepay was better than Kencell's post pay...how did she do?
"There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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hardwood
#87 Posted : Wednesday, July 03, 2019 8:19:17 PM
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Safaricom is a telecoms company and should have a telecoms engineer at the helm. Just like Michael Joseph is an engineer. It shouldn't be led by accountants (CFOs) or PR/marketing people (CCOs). Infact finance and customer care are just support departments of the company, the company's core is provision of telecoms service. The tech is core then you get someone to help handle customers (CCO) and someone else to keep an eye on the cash (CFO). Therefore the CFO and CCO should feature nowhere in the CEO succession.
murchr
#88 Posted : Wednesday, July 03, 2019 8:29:22 PM
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Joined: 2/26/2012
Posts: 15,980
hardwood wrote:
Safaricom is a telecoms company and should have a telecoms engineer at the helm. Just like Michael Joseph is an engineer. It shouldn't be led by accountants (CFOs) or PR/marketing people (CCOs). Infact finance and customer care are just support departments of the company, the company's core is provision of telecoms service. The tech is core then you get someone to help handle customers (CCO) and someone else to keep an eye on the cash (CFO). Therefore the CFO and CCO should feature nowhere in the CEO succession.


Bob was spectacular and yet he just like Sylvia rose through the ranks in Vodafone. Nothing engineering not even a degree.

To be a CEO you must have a high EQ vs IQ test.
"There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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Kusadikika
#89 Posted : Wednesday, July 03, 2019 8:44:57 PM
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Joined: 7/22/2008
Posts: 2,721
The greatest tests for a Kenyan CEO of Safaricom are going to be ethical questions not technological or business or growth questions.

The man or woman is going to be tested with fire. There are sharks swimming in these waters. A trillion shilling company will attract a lot of sharks. You cannot afford to have loose ends in your family or legally or in any way that can be exploited. A foreigner was insulated from many things that a Kenyan will have to confront.

People will call you. I can imagine people like Sonko and friends of Sonko. You will be insulted, you will be blackmailed, you will be intimidated, you will be threatened. It is one job I would not take even if I was given what.

People will say there are many corporate jobs in Kenya and many Kenyan companies with Kenyan CEOs. My answer is there has never been a Kenyan company like Safaricom ...... wait wait I take that back there once were two. Kenya Posts and Telecommunications and Kenya power and Lighting Company before it was split into KPLC and Kengen. Those 2 were government owned and the CEOs were appointed by the president.

I would not be surprised if they settle on an old hand like Ogutu or they create co-CEO positions so that there are at least 2 CEOs. Maybe a head of Mpesa and head of the other business who jointly share the CEO role.
Rollout
#90 Posted : Wednesday, July 03, 2019 9:14:30 PM
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Joined: 4/26/2011
Posts: 759
Kusadikika wrote:
The greatest tests for a Kenyan CEO of Safaricom are going to be ethical questions not technological or business or growth questions.

The man or woman is going to be tested with fire. There are sharks swimming in these waters. A trillion shilling company will attract a lot of sharks. You cannot afford to have loose ends in your family or legally or in any way that can be exploited. A foreigner was insulated from many things that a Kenyan will have to confront.

People will call you. I can imagine people like Sonko and friends of Sonko. You will be insulted, you will be blackmailed, you will be intimidated, you will be threatened. It is one job I would not take even if I was given what.

People will say there are many corporate jobs in Kenya and many Kenyan companies with Kenyan CEOs. My answer is there has never been a Kenyan company like Safaricom ...... wait wait I take that back there once were two. Kenya Posts and Telecommunications and Kenya power and Lighting Company before it was split into KPLC and Kengen. Those 2 were government owned and the CEOs were appointed by the president.

I would not be surprised if they settle on an old hand like Ogutu or they create co-CEO positions so that there are at least 2 CEOs. Maybe a head of Mpesa and head of the other business who jointly share the CEO role.


Agree, CEO is a unique role, once can be a COO or CFO or CTO all their career and fail to make it to be a CEO. To find a CEO for Safaricom who is a Kenyan is a tall task
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