Tag: Bob Collymore

My chapter is closed! How Collymore broke news about his impending death to Uhuru

The Late Safaricom boss, Bob Collymore, in early June this year called President Uhuru Kenyatta to inform him of his impending death. The Head of State was in Canada for a global conference on women and girls, when the telecoms giant chief, who was battling Leukemia, called to inform him that he was left with […]

Bob Collymore’s last plea to his best friends; ‘The Boys’

The Late Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore asked his best friends to ensure they look after his wife after he dies. Collymore’s close friend, Patrick Quarcoo, who is a Ghanaian Kenya-based serial entrepreneur, revealed that they met three days to Collymore’s death, when he made that plea. It was during that meeting, which brought together the […]

Why Safaricom will close all its shops for 4 hours tomorrow

East Africa’s leading telecommunications company, Safaricom, will close all its shops in Kenya on Thursday, July 4 between 10:30am and 2:30pm in honour of the firm’s Late CEO Bob Collymore. The move will allow Bob Collymore’s wider family to reflect on his life, said the firm. Collymore’s memorial service will be held on Thursday at […]

How media bid Bob farewell

Lewis Njoka @Lewisnjoka The death of Safaricom chief executive Bob Collymore received wide local and international media coverage, with many news channels describing him as a corporate titan and a model citizen. People Daily, the leading free newspaper in Kenya, dedicated its front page to Collymore’s death with the headline, “Bob saw his death coming”. It carried […]

Here is full info. on what cremation entails – K24 news anchor-cum-mortician Eric Njoka

As more and more prominent Kenyans continue to opt out of the traditional burial ceremonies; and replacing the rites with cremation, there is a groundswell of questions on what cremation exactly entails. A lot of people — both online and offline — know that cremation is “the burning of a human being’s remains, and obtaining […]

Wambui Kamiru stood by Bob Collymore through good and trying periods

By Evelyn Makena @evemake_g “My wife is a fantastic woman who stood by me.” These are the words Bob Collymore used to describe his wife Wambui Kamiru in a media interview when he returned to Kenya following his treatment in London last year. Theirs was a heartwarming love story of a wife who steadfastly stood by her […]

Bob Collymore: The long walk to helm of Safaricom

By Noah Cheploen @cheploennoah When news filtered in that Safaricom’s founding chief executive officer Michael Joseph was leaving the company after 10 years at the helm, many people wondered if the telecommunication giant would survive such a transition. The news of Joseph’s retirement was inevitably greeted with scepticism because many believed his shoes were too big […]