The Airtel fraternity will miss the courage of Anne Kinuthia-Otieno, the founding chief executive of its mobile money division, Airtel Money Kenya.
Ms Kinuthia-Otieno is exiting the corner office at Airtel Money, ending a short but eventful stint during which she took on Safaricom’s M-Pesa and managed to carve out a slice of the mobile money market from the dominant player’s tight grip.