Bob Collymore is talking the helm at Safaricom. He Initiated the 3G terminal convergence programme for Europe and Japan http://bit.ly/ap5uh2

Mr Bob Collymore, [Linkedin] who took over as chief executive of Kenya’s Sh250 billion mobile phone company on Monday, came to the job in the old-fashioned way: he was handpicked. The industry is still agog about Vodafone’s selection of Mr Collymore, a little known 52-year-old manager who loves flying helicopters, to lead the region’s most profitable company. Full story via AllAfrica.com

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