Teams at Safaricom PLC

Designs and governs the architecture of M-PESA’s Super App, mini-app ecosystem, SDKs, digital payment channels, and partner integrations across six markets. Establishes architecture standards, security and governance frameworks, scalable cloud-native patterns, and payment channel interoperability. Leads SDK lifecycle management, developer ecosystem enablement, resilience and performance architecture, vendor evaluations, and cross-functional architecture reviews while mentoring architects and advising senior technology stakeholders.

Leads Safaricom’s enterprise privacy, data protection, responsible AI, and digital trust strategy across telecom, fintech, M-PESA, cloud, analytics, and partner ecosystems. Establishes privacy governance, ISO-aligned management systems, consent and data lifecycle controls, DPIAs, breach response, third-party assurance, regulatory engagement, and board reporting. Builds privacy capabilities, embeds privacy by design, oversees subsidiary standards, and advises senior leadership on regulatory, ethical, operational, and reputational risks.

Own enterprise data architecture across M-Pesa’s multi-market environment, including transactional, analytical, operational, and AI/ML domains. Define data modeling, integration, governance, quality, lineage, and security standards. Architect streaming, CDC, API-first, event-driven, and modern lakehouse platforms supporting payments, fraud detection, regulatory reporting, and AI. Partner with engineering, product, compliance, and market teams; mentor data professionals; lead architecture reviews, vendor evaluations, and executive-level technical documentation.