Orange Kenya reported on Thursday that it had appointed a new chairman to the company. Eddy Njoroge was given the reigns of the Kenya telecom giant and said that he hopes the company will continue to be a leader in the telecom sector sector. Njoroge, who had been the managing director of the Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) and chair of the Nairobi Stock Exchange, was France Telecom's – the parent company of Orange Kenya – choice to succeed as the official. Njoroge also currently serves as director of Stanbic Bank Kenya, Real Insurance Company and Proctor and Allam. The new chairman also sits as the chair of the Investment Committee of Aureos East Africa Fund, a $40 million private equity fund. Analysts in Kenya say the new boss is likely to push the company forward in planning and establishing new projects that are expected to take the company to new levels. “He is a well-established figure in the country and has done a lot of solid work in the past so it is not going to be a step back for Orange, who have long wanted Njoroge to take over as chairman,” said one telecom analyst in Nairobi. BM
