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• Safaricom Limited Chairman John Ngumi has resigned as the Chairman of the board effective 22nd December 2022 six months after his appointment. 
• Ngumi leaves the Board to focus on developing green energy generation across Africa with an emphasis on green hydrogen. 
• The company has also appointed veteran lawyer Adil Arshed Khawaja as a director of the board, effective 22nd December 2022. 

Safaricom Limited Chairman John Ngumi has resigned as the Chairman of the board effective 22nd December 2022, six months after his appointment. 

Safaricom Company Secretary Kathryne Maundu says Ngumi leaves the Board to focus on developing green energy generation across Africa with an emphasis on green hydrogen. 

“We take this opportunity to thank John for his service, dedication, sound advice and commitment to the Company. The Board wishes him the very best for the future,” Maundu said in a public notice released on Friday.

She says in the brief …

• Safaricom has appointed investment banker John Ngumi as their new chairman, effective August 1, 2022
• The company unveiled Ngumi as the new chair who would take over from Michael Joseph, who took up the position in 2020
• Ngumi has had a 35-year banking career, having worked with local and international corporates with an East African regional presence, state-owned enterprises, sovereigns, and financial services grasps

Safaricom, Kenya’s biggest telecommunications company, has appointed investment banker John Ngumi as their new chairman, effective August 1, 2022.

On Friday, July 29, 2022, Safaricom unveiled Ngumi as the new chair who would take over from Michael Joseph, who took up the position in 2020.

Joseph took the job after Safaricom’s long-serving chairman Nicholas Ng’ang’a retired in 2020.

In a statement sent to The Exchange Africa, Safaricom said the incoming Chairman has had a 35-year banking career, having worked with local and international corporates with an …