Corporate News
By OKUTTAH MARK
In Summary
- Ms Mudhune, who has over 15 years experience in the telecommunications sector, held a similar position at Internet Solution.
Internet service provider AccessKenya
has appointed Betty Mudhune as the group chief operating officer (COO)
in an ongoing reorganisation of the company following its buyout by
South Africa’s Dimension Data and subsequent de-listing from the NSE.
AccessKenya is in the process of merging its operations with
Internet Solution, a subsidiary of Dimension Data that offers IT
services.
AccessKenya created a new position of deputy CEO in
March that is currently held by Chris Senanu (above), who also doubles
up as the managing director for Internet.
Ms Mudhune, who has over 15 years experience in the
telecommunications sector, held a similar position at Internet
Solution. AccessKenya did not have the COO position before.
“Previously we did not see the need for such a
position, however with the acquisition and the ongoing interaction with
Internet Solution, the product portfolios have grown that demand someone
to be in charge,” said Mr Senanu.
AccessKenya’s merger with Internet Solution will
offer it a wider pool of IT experts and widen products offerings such as
cloud computing, outsourced IT infrastructure and software.
“The impact of this is that AccessKenya enterprise
division was swallowed up and we now have the Internet Solution managed
services,” added Mr Senanu.
In August 2013, AccessKenya was acquired by
Dimension Data for Sh3.052 billion. The Sh501 billion South African firm
is a global solutions and Internet services provider.
At the time, Dimension Data said that the
acquisition of AccessKenya was in line with Dimension Data’s goal to
pursue a strategy of expansion in sub-Saharan Africa. Mr Senanu said in
the interview AccessKenya will now have a presence in Uganda and Rwanda
through the Internet Solution brand in a Sh96 million expansion
programme.
The Uganda office’s launch is set for October while
that of Rwanda has been earmarked for April next year. Other than the
two countries, Mr Senanu said the firm has plans to expand to Burundi,
Ethiopia and Tanzania in the coming years.
In Kenya, AccessKenya intends to grow its business
by investing more on fibre optic mainly for commercial, saying that it
will not focus on the mass market or residential as it is capital
intensive and time demanding.
The network rollout includes wireless service
expansion throughout the country which is expected to bring 15 new
counties onto AccessKenya’s wireless, metro and national fibre
infrastructure this year.
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