Episode 33: Wangeci Kanjama, Director Partnerships at M-PESA Africa

"I take immense pride in my rich heritage of descending from the Maasai warriors and Kikuyu people of Kenya!" Wangeci Kanjama, Director Partnerships at M-PESA Africa in conversation with Anurag Aggarwal, Chief Growth Officer at Globe Teleservices. In this episode, Wangeci shares her interests in finance which led to her entry in Safaricom, how she has seen the company, country and continent grow through various events including taking Safaricom public in 2008, helping proliferate accessible internet in Africa through subsea cable connectivity, running the wholesale business unit at Safaricom and driving towards double-digit growth and now creating a One-M-PESA ecosystem across 8 countries in Africa! She also introduces us to her nickname 'Speedy Gonzales', how she gains life lessons while attending funerals and, finally, her experience of ranking as #1 in ROCCO's 2020 report of the most influential persons in the telecom space!