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Bob Collymore, who gave millions of Africans banking access, dies

Kenyan mobile network operator Safaricom has lost its CEO, Bob Collymore, to a long-standing illness. The 61-year-old succumbed to a two-year battle with cancer on Monday morning at his home in Nairobi.

Collymore led East Africa’s most profitable company, which announced a 63.4 billion shilling ($617m) annual net profit in May. He spearheaded Safaricom from 2010 onward, and helped grow its subscriber base from 17 million to more than 30 million, according to data from the company’s recent financial statements.

But Collymore may be best remembered for marshalling Safaricom through its development of mobile applications that helped millions of low-income people in Kenya and across the globe gain access to banking services for the very first time.

Legacy of leadership

Born in Guyana in South America, Collymore moved to the United Kingdom as a child and eventually became a businessman in Europe. He had a stint at Vodafone before being appointed to head Safaricom. After moving to Africa, he married a Kenyan woman an

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Bob Collymore

Guyanese-born Kenyan businessman (1958–2019)

Robert William 'Bob' Collymore
Collymore at the Tokyo International Conference of African Development
Born	13 January 1958 Guyana
Died	1 July 2019(2019-07-01) (aged 61)
Occupation	Chief Executive Officer at Safaricom
Years active	2010–2019
Predecessor	Michael Joseph
Successor	Peter Ndegwa
Spouse	Wambui Kamiru
Children	2
Website	bobcollymore.com

Robert William Collymore (usually Bob; 13 January 1958 – 1 July 2019) was a Guyanese-born Kenyan businessman who served as the chief executive officer at Safaricom, a multi-national telecommunications company based in Kenya.

Early life and education

Collymore was born in Guyana and raised by his grandparents there. At the age of 16, he moved to join his mother in the United Kingdom, attending Selhurst High School^[1] Upon leaving school, he was offered a place at Warwick University, but had to turn this down as he was ineligible for funding.^{[clarification needed]}

Career

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Wambui Kamiru Collymore

Born in Kenya, Wambui Wamae Kamiru Collymore has been developing artwork around the themes of history, colonialism and memory in Africa. Through her work in contemporary art, Wambui tackles history, politics and social issues. She creates installations with everyday objects. Recent works include: All My Venus Days - 2022, Akili Ni Nywele Series II – 2021 Wakariru – 2019, Akili Ni Nywele – 2017 I'm moving out. Tomorrow – 2015, Your Name Betrays You - 2015, Who I Am, Who We Are - 2013 - Present and Harambee63 - 2013. She is currently working on the subjects of decoloniality, womanhood and “online dis-identity.”

Wambui Kamiru holds an MSc. in African Studies with a focus on Kenyan History from the University of Oxford. She is currently a resident at the Villa Albertine Program where she is researching cultural artifacts of the Kikuyu people at the Peabody Museum at Harvard University and The Fowler Museum at UCLA. This program is in partnership with the Ford Foundation. Wambui has held residencies a