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Bob Collymore, the Safaricom CEO who connected with Kenyans

Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore

When Bob Collymore, the CEO of Kenya’s Safaricom, wanted to know about his poorest customers, he would catch a local bus or walk around Kenya’s slums with a prominent anti-corruption activist.

The visits, related to Reuters after Collymore’s death from cancer on Monday, epitomised the popular touch that helped make him a household name as he led East Africa’s most profitable company.

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