{"id":4758,"date":"2026-07-20T16:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T16:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/?p=4758"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T16:00:15","slug":"safaricom-announces-resignation-of-chief-financial-services-officer-esther-waititu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/?p=4758","title":{"rendered":"Safaricom Announces Resignation of Chief Financial Services Officer Esther Waititu"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre><strong>By Jeff Kizzilah Digital Editor\u00a0<\/strong><\/pre>\n<p>Safaricom PLC has announced the resignation of its Chief Financial Services Officer, Esther Waititu, who is set to leave the company on 31 July 2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WA_1784562761328.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4759\" src=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WA_1784562761328-300x183.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WA_1784562761328-300x183.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WA_1784562761328.jpeg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe telecommunications giant said Waititu will step down from her role at the end of the month, marking the end of her tenure overseeing the company&#8217;s financial services business, including M-PESA.<\/p>\n<p>Her departure comes as Safaricom continues to expand its digital financial services across Kenya and the region. The company is expected to announce transition arrangements and leadership plans in due course.<\/p>\n<p>Waititu&#8217;s exit marks a significant leadership change at one of Kenya&#8217;s most influential corporate institutions and has sparked interest among industry observers about the future direction of Safaricom&#8217;s financial services division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jeff Kizzilah Digital Editor\u00a0 Safaricom PLC has announced the resignation of its Chief Financial Services Officer, Esther Waititu, who is set to leave the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-corporate-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4760,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4758\/revisions\/4760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}