Kenya: Telkom Kenya CEO Wins Continental Recognition
By Staff Writer
Nairobi--- Mickael Ghossein, Telkom Kenya’s Chief Executive Officer, has been recognised as one of Africa’s best chief executives in the Telecommunications sector.
This recognition by IT News Africa, a South African based news agency that focuses on the developments of the ICT sector on the continent, cited the CEO’s achievements as well as his company’s overall business performance as key to the recognition.
“The great strides that they have made in building successful African telecommunications companies and their focus on innovation also played a crucial part in their making the cut,” said Abby Wakama, the Executive Editor with the publication that has been in the market for the last four years.
Mr. Ghossein, who has over 30 years’ experience in the telecommunications industry, said he was honoured by the recognition, which he attributed to a dedicated team of employees that have helped steer the company on a positive growth trend.
“The success of Orange in Kenya is as a result of a well-researched strategy implemented by a team of highly trained and resilient work force that has taken to heart our commitment to deliver seamless and integrated telecommunications services,” he said.
Telkom Kenya, which recently launched its 21 Mbps network has through its commercial brand Orange, been on the front line of launching innovative products and services that meet the dynamic needs and trends in the Kenyan market.
“Our focus on the value proposition for the customer, by way of efficient customer care, stability in the provision of service as well as timely and well thought out innovations has enabled us gain the confidence of our customers,” he said.
Mr. Ghossein holds a Master of Electronics Electrotechnics Automatisation from the University of Lyon, an Engineering Diploma from the Superior Electronics Institute – Nord, as well as a DEA Signal Processing from the University of Valenciennes.
This was the first continental survey that IT News Africa has carried out and according to Mr. Wakama, the publication is keen on undertaking these surveys on a regular basis.