Joseph Mucheru
This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. (January 2013) |
Joseph Mucheru | |
---|---|
Cabinet Secretary for Ministry of Information and Communications (Kenya)[1] | |
In office 2015–Present | |
President | Uhuru Kenyatta |
Personal details | |
Born | Limuru |
Nationality | Kenyan |
Alma mater | City University London. (Bsc.Economics & Computer Science) Lenana School |
Joseph Wakaba Mucheru EGH is the current Kenyan Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Communications.[2][3][4] Joe has been holding that office since 2015 when His Excellency the President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta appointed him. He is a former Google Sub-Sahara Africa Lead based in the Google Nairobi office. He was Google's first Sub-Saharan employee and was key to setting up Google's presence in Africa from 2007.[5][6][7] Before joining Google he worked at Wananchi Online, a company he co-founded in 1999, in various roles at the company including Chief Technology Officer and Chief Executive Officer.[7]
His high school education was at Lenana School between 1983 (form 1) and 1988 (form 6).[8] He attended the Business Executive Programme from Stanford University Graduate School of Business[9] in 2008. He holds a (B Sc. (Hons)) in Economics & Computer Science from City University London.[10] He was awarded the Moran of the order of the burning spear in December 2010 by the President of the Republic of Kenya, Mwai Kibaki. He is a member of the Africa Leadership Network, The National Prayer Breakfast, and the East African Business Summit.[7]
References[]
- ^ "The Government Ministries | KENYA Embassy of the Republic of Kenya in Japan". www.kenyarep-jp.com.
- ^ "The Government Ministries | KENYA Embassy of the Republic of Kenya in Japan". www.kenyarep-jp.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
- ^ App, Daily Nation. "Intrigues behind Uhuru's Cabinet changes revealed". mobile.nation.co.ke.
- ^ "ICT players praise exit of Matiang'i". Daily Nation.
- ^ "Google Hires First African Employee – WhiteAfrican".
- ^ "Google unveils Kiswahili version of Gmail, Chrome". Business Daily.
- ^ a b c "Google Team – g-Kenya 2.0". sites.google.com.
- ^ "Lenana School". mylaibon.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
- ^ "Alumni". Stanford Graduate School of Business. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
- ^ "The techie with deep roots in world of faith". Business Daily.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Joseph Mucheru. |
- People from Nairobi
- Living people
- Chief technology officers
- Kenyan chief executives
- Stanford University alumni
- Government ministers of Kenya