Sylvia Mulinge

Chief Consumer Business Officer at Safaricom

Sylvia Mulinge is currently the Chief Customer Officer, responsible for leading Safaricom’s obsession on Customer Experience as a key differentiator of its overall company strategy. She is in charge of Consumer Business, Brand Marketing, Brand Experience, Digital Transformation, Sales & Distribution, Operations and Commercial Planning & Pricing.

She joined Safaricom in February 2006 from Unilever and rose from the role of Prepay Product manager to Head of Retail, Director of Enterprise Business before transitioning to manage the Consumer Business as Director of Consumer Business, a role she held for 3 years before transitioning to her current role as Chief Customer Officer. She has held various leadership roles for the last 8 years.

Sylvia is an accredited executive coach and a Bachelor of Science degree alumni from the University of Nairobi where she graduated with the highest distinction of First Class Honors.

A mentor and a leader in both her private and professional life, Sylvia is the recipient of several awards, which include her appointment to the Presidential Award Scheme, being named one of Kenya’s Top 40 under 40 Women for three consecutive years and a Young Global Leader (YGL) award recipient in 2015. She also sits on a number of Local Boards and is a Vice Chair of the UN Women Unstereotype Alliance.


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Safaricom

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Safaricom is the leading provider of converged communication solutions in Kenya. In addition to providing a broad range of first-class products and services for Telephony, Broadband Internet and Financial services, Safaricom seeks to uplift the welfare of Kenyans through value-added services and support for community projects. With over 29 Million subscribers and an estimated market share of 67%, the Company has the widest modern mobile network coverage in Kenya and prides in its experienced shareholders, attractive tariffs, a nationwide network of effective dealers, high caliber staff and management enabling it to maintain its position as the region’s mobile market leader. M-PESA has over 23 million subscribers, supported by a nationwide agent network of over 156,000 outlets. M-PESA is the world's most developed biggest mobile payment system.


Headquarters

Nairobi, Kenya

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10,000+

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