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肯尼亚的Safaricom选举Adil主席担任董事长
主席,他是一名律师,约翰•Ngumi取代从董事会辞职的公司,在一定程度上是由南非的Vodacom和英国的沃达丰(Vodafone), 12月。
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NAIROBI: The board of Kenya's biggest telecoms operator Safaricom<\/a> has elected Adil Khawaja<\/a> as its chairman, the company said on Thursday.
Khawaja, who is a lawyer, replaces John Ngumi<\/a>, who resigned from the board of the company that is partly owned by South Africa's Vodacom and Britain's Vodafone, in December.
He has previously served on boards of other Kenyan firms, Safaricom said in a statement signed by CEO Peter Ndegwa. These included Kenya Power and lender KCB.
Khawaja, who is a lawyer, replaces John Ngumi<\/a>, who resigned from the board of the company that is partly owned by South Africa's Vodacom and Britain's Vodafone, in December.
He has previously served on boards of other Kenyan firms, Safaricom said in a statement signed by CEO Peter Ndegwa. These included Kenya Power and lender KCB.
<\/div><\/div>Among the projects he will help shepherd at Safaricom, which is the most profitable company in East Africa, is the scaling up of operations in neighbouring Ethiopia, after the launch of its network there last year.
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