Truecaller to set up Sub-Saharan Africa headquarters in Nairobi

Winnie Okello, P.E

Truecaller to set up Sub-Saharan Africa headquarters in Nairobi

Zakaria Hersi appointed as Director of Partnerships for Africa.

Truecaller has announced plans to set up headquarters in Nairobi,Kenya and has appointed Zakaria Hersi as Director of Partnerships for Africa. In his position, Zakaria will be spearheading Truecaller’s expansion in the region and forging partnerships with various eco-system players.

The Truecaller app allows people to see who is calling and filter out spam calls and SMSes and has more than 50 million users in Africa.

The company also revealed that it has more than 6 million users in Kenya alone, where the user base has grown over 35 percent over the past year. …read more

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Winnie Okello, P.E

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I Graduated from Bucknell University with a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, an have been working in the civil & environmental engineering sector for over a decade. My areas of specialty include: Civil -(Roadway & structural analysis) and Environmental Engineering, Water Resources, Environmental/ Regulatory Compliance, Sustainability, Materials Recycling, Research, Social Justice, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, & the Human-Element of Engineering. I am a strong advocate for more equitable representation and inclusivity of women in the STEM sectors, and more importantly, bringing the fullness of who we are to what we do.
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