Kris Senanu
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| Born | Kris Senanu July 12, 1973 Accra, Ghana |
| Alma mater | USIU-A, Warwick University |
| Occupation | Business Executive |
| Title | Chief Enterprise Business Officer, Enterprise Business Unit, Safaricom PLC |
Kris Senanu is a Kenyan businessman who previously served as the Chief Enterprise Business Officer at Safaricom between June 2021 to May 2022[1]. Prior to this he was managing director of Telkom Digital. As of 2007, Kris was the youngest Telco executive to run a listed ICT company.[2]
He was instrumental in the startup of Access Kenya (now Internet Solutions) and successfully helped it to become the first listed ICT firm on the Nairobi Securities Exchange.[2] He then helped to expand the business's footprint into East Africa and steering its acquisition by Dimension Data in 2014[3], before exiting as its Deputy CEO, in 2016.[4]
Early life and education
[edit]Kris Senanu is a son of the academic Kwadzo Senanu.
Kris Senanu attended the USIU-A, attaining an undergraduate degree in International Business Administration, majoring in marketing and a graduate degree (MBA) in Strategic Management from Warwick University's Business School.
Career
[edit]He previously served as the Chief Enterprise Business Officer at Safaricom between June 2021 to May 2022. In 2001, he assisted in co-founding the AccessKenya Group,[5] becoming the company's Chief Operating Officer in 2005, and subsequently its managing director.[6][7] In 2014, AccessKenya Group was acquired by Internet Solutions (IS), with Senanu becoming its deputy CEO.[8] In 2016 he joined Telkom Kenya as managing director, Enterprise Division.[9]
Kris is also the Chair of the United States International University Council. Other past and present Chairmanships he holds include: the Governing Council at the Kenya Institute of Management, the Chair of the Pan African agency BTL Africa, headquartered in Ghana, and Mdundo which is a pan African music platform.
Kris is a fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Marketing and the Kenya Institute of Management.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ashioya, Eddy (26 March 2026). "What remains: Kris Senanu, grief and the second half of life". Business Daily.
- ^ a b Mutegi, Lilian (12 May 2016). "Kenya: Access Kenya Deputy CEO Resigns". allAfrica.com.
- ^ "Dimension Data offers to buy AccessKenya in $36 mln dea". 6 May 2013.
- ^ Mulupi, Dinfin (9 October 2014). "Meet the Boss: Kris Senanu, deputy CEO, AccessKenya". How we made it in Africa.
- ^ "KRIS SENANU:Africa Is Where Its Happening". Business World Ghana. 24 August 2012.
- ^ "Former Access Kenya Deputy CEO Kris Senanu to head Telkom Kenya's Enterprise Division". Tech Weez. 29 June 2016.
- ^ "Kenya: I Work 16hrs a Day – Access Kenya MD, Kris Senanu". All Africa.
- ^ "Telkom Kenya to keep Orange brand for 18 months". Telecomparer.
- ^ "Former AccessKenya executive to head Telkom unit". Business Daily. 12 December 2020.