Former ICT CS Lands A New Job
Former Information Communication Technology (ICT) Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru has landed a new job in the Fintech Company Jumo.
Mucheru has been appointed as the president of the London-based financial technology company.
The company which is a mobile phone-based financial services platform operating around Africa and Asia boasts of a market reach of 10 million customers and facilitates digital services in credit and savings.
Confirming the news on his LinkedIn account, Mucheru said he will support the company deliver its growth goals, navigate the regulatory landscape and build the firm’s presence across the African continent under his new role.
Before serving as the Cabinet Secretary for ICT, he was previously the head of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for Google, based in Nairobi, serving as Google’s first SSA employee.
He joined Google in 2007 where he led the delivery of strategy, business planning and operations and was key to setting up Google’s presence on the continent. Prior to Google, he worked at Wananchi Online, the parent company of internet service provider Zuku, a company he co-founded in 1999.
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