Joseph Mucheru

Joseph Wakaba Mucheru EGH is the current Kenyan Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Communications.[1][2] 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 of Googles presence in Africa from 2007.[3][4][5] 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.[5]

Joe Mucheru
Cabinet Secretary for Ministry of Information and Communications (Kenya)
In office
2015 – Present
PresidentUhuru Kenyatta
Personal details
BornLimuru
NationalityKenyan
Alma materCity University London. (Bsc.Economics & Computer Science) Lenana School (high schools)

He attended the Business Executive Programme from Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 2008. He holds a (B Sc. (Hons)) in Economics & Computer Science from City University London.[6] 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 Africa Leadership Network, The National Prayer Breakfast, and the East African Business Summit. [5]

References
  1. App, Daily Nation. "Intrigues behind Uhuru's Cabinet changes revealed". mobile.nation.co.ke.
  2. "ICT players praise exit of Matiang'i". Daily Nation.
  3. whiteafrican.com: Google Hires First African Employee
  4. "Google unveils Kiswahili version of Gmail, Chrome". Business Daily.
  5. "Google Team - g-Kenya 2.0". sites.google.com.
  6. "The techie with deep roots in world of faith". Business Daily.
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