Kenya’s Safaricom elects Adil Khawaja as chairman

NAIROBI: The board of Kenya’s biggest telecoms operator Safaricom has elected Adil Khawaja as its chairman, the company said on Thursday.

Khawaja, who is a lawyer, replaces John Ngumi, who resigned from the board of the company that is partly owned by South Africa’s Vodacom and Britain’s Vodafone, in December.

He has previously served on boards of other Kenyan firms, Safaricom said in a statement signed by CEO Peter Ndegwa. These included Kenya Power and lender KCB.