NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 7 – Safaricom PLC has appointed Boniface Mungania as its Chief Financial Services Officer, effective November 1, 2026, following regulatory approval.
Mungania will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer and take charge of the company’s financial services business, which includes M-PESA.
He has worked at Safaricom since 2007, when he joined as a customer care representative, and has since held several management positions across the business.
His previous roles include Senior Manager for M-PESA Business Development, Head of M-PESA Products and Services Development and Payments Tribe Lead. He also worked as a Mobile Financial Services Consultant at Vodafone Qatar before returning to Safaricom as Director of Public Sector Digital Transformation.
In his most recent role, Mungania led digital transformation projects in agriculture, healthcare, small businesses and public finance. He was also involved in the development of digital systems covering application programming interfaces (APIs), digital identity and national payments.
Safaricom said he brings nearly two decades of experience in financial services, digital transformation and business development.
Mungania holds a Bachelor of Science degree and is pursuing a Master of Science in Entrepreneurship at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT).
He has also received the Order of the Grand Warrior (OGW) award in recognition of his role in national digital transformation programmes.
