Njuguna, George

Safaricom PLC, Kenya

George Njuguna is the Director, Information Technology (CIO) of Safaricom PLC. Prior to joining Safaricom, he worked at HF Group as the Chief Operating Officer. Before this, he worked at Commercial Bank of Africa as the Head of Information Technology. He has more than 22 years experience in IT, and 16 years experience in Banking and Financial Services, specifically in technology, operations, product development, project management, channel management, digital transformation and large-scale implementations.

During his illustrious career, he has held various technical and senior management roles locally, regionally and internationally.

George holds a Bachelor’s of Science Degree and MBA from Geneva College in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.

In 2018, he was Awarded CIO of the Year, East Africa.
In 2019, he was Inducted into East Africa CIO Hall of Fame.

In 2021, he was named one of the Broadband 50 to Watch. “A list of influential leaders, innovators and disrupters who are connecting the world”.

Specialties: Digital Banking, Digital Transformation, Banking Operations,
Project and Program Management
Change Control and IT Governance
Digital Engineering