US tech company Cisco appoints Kenyan woman as East Africa regional manager ▷ Kenya News

- Sally Kimeu was named Cisco's regional manager on Tuesday, October 22 after previously serving as the company's strategic business manager

- The Moi and Strathmore universities alumni will be tasked with boosting sales and expanding the market for the Cisco East African team

- Kimeu said the region offers a great opportunity for the company and is looking forward to the new challenge

Cisco Systems, an American multinational technology company, has appointed Sally Kimeu as its country leader and regional manager for its East Africa operations.

Kimeu climbed up the ladder to her current position after serving as Cisco’s strategic business manager for the United Nations in East and Southern Africa and Egypt.

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Sally Kimeu is the new Cisco East Africa regional manager. Photo: Mwakilishi.com.
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She will be tasked with boosting sales and expanding the market for the Cisco East African team in operations in 10 countries: Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Burundi, Tanzania, Somalia, Eritrea, South Sudan and Djibouti.

Kimeu said East Africa offers a great opportunity for the company and is looking forward to the new challenge.

“I look forward to the opportunity and responsibility the new role presents. East Africa provides Cisco with a great market opportunity and I look forward to sharing Cisco’s expansive portfolio of solutions that we can offer our customers through their digitization journey,” she said.

Kimeu will be tasked with boosting sales and expanding the market for the Cisco East African team in operations in 10 countries. Photo: Cisco.com.
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Kimeu previously worked as an enterprise manager and a relationship manager for two ISP organisations for a period of six years.

She has a bachelor’s degree in economics from Moi University and Information management systems from Strathmore University.

In a related news story reported by TUKO.co.ke, another Kenyan Peter Ndegwa was appointed by Kenya’s telco giant Safaricom as CEO effective Tuesday, April 1, 2020.

Ndegwa becomes the first Kenyan to head Safaricom since its inception 19 years ago and will replace the late Bob Collymore who died of acute leukemia on Monday, July 1.

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