TRIBUTE: Five important things we can learn from Bob Collymore’s life

Today marks one year since former Safaricom CEO Robert William Collymore died a long battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). Bob Collymore was born in the Cooperative Republic of Guyana 62 years ago, where he lived for about 16 years then joined his mother in the United Kingdom. He schooled in the UK, hustled for a while as a commuter train announcer, an insurance underwriter, and a telecom clerk. He rose through the ranks in various telephony companies until he became Kenya's Safaricom Public Limited Company CEO.

From his life, below are some of the lessons one can draw;