Podcast: Safaricom CIO George Njuguna on training Kenya's next million tech developers

Safaricom CIO George Njuguna, the keynote speaker at East Africa Com in Nairobi, Kenya, sits down with Connecting Africa's Paula Gilbert to talk about Safaricom's vision for 2030 and how to build East Africa's digital economies while growing technology talent and digital skills.

Paula Gilbert, Editor

April 27, 2023

11 Min Listen

Safaricom CIO George Njuguna was the keynote speaker at East Africa Com in Nairobi, Kenya. We sat down at the event to talk about Safaricom's vision for 2030 and how to build East Africa's digital economies while growing technology talent and digital skills.

Njuguna also spoke about plans to train Africa's next 1 million software developers, how to retain tech talent and better foster innovation. He shared Safaricom's strategy to evolve from a telco to a techco and how it wants to evolve its successful mobile money platform, M-Pesa, into a two-sided platform for business and consumers.

About the Author

Paula Gilbert

Editor, Connecting Africa

Paula has been the Editor of Connecting Africa since June 2019 and has been reporting on key developments in Africa's telecoms and ICT sectors for most of her journalistic career.

The award-winning South Africa-based journalist previously worked as a producer and reporter for business television channels Bloomberg TV Africa and CNBC Africa, was the telecoms editor at online publication ITWeb, and started her career in radio news. She has an Honors degree in Journalism from Rhodes University.

Paula was recognized by Empower Africa as one of 35 trailblazers who shaped Africa's tech landscape in 2023 and won the Excellence in ICT Journalism category at the MTN Women in ICT Awards in 2017.

Travel is always on Paula's mind, she has visited 40 countries so far and is currently researching her next adventure.

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