Payments corporation Visa has appointed Corine Mbiaketcha as the Vice President and Country Manager for Visa in East Africa. Corineβs new position will be effective from November 5, 2019.
Ms. Mbiaketcha joins Visa from Oracle, where she served as the Country Leader, Kenya, and Managing Director for Technology.
Her new role will see her head and manage Nairobiβs team as the payments company spurs growth in the nation, as well as Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Mauritius, and Ethiopia. Corine will also be tasked with Visaβs overall strategy in the greater E. Africa region, which entails building and strengthening relationships with clients, regulators and other primary stakeholders in the payments and finance space.
βWe are excited to welcomeΒ CorineΒ to the Visa team. Corine is a recognized and passionate leader in the regionβs technology industry, having led Oracleβs business in East Africa. She is a visionary senior leader with a passion for using technology to strengthen Africaβs economic development, and this expertise will be critical to Visaβs strategy in Sub Saharan Africa. She has worked with a broad range of stakeholders across various sectors including technology and the financial services industry, as well as regulators and financial institutions.Β Corine joins Visa at a great time to help drive East Africaβs move away from cash into more reliable, secure and innovative forms of digital payments as well as drive engagement with non-traditional partners in fintech,β remarked Aida Diarra, Senior Vice President, Group Country Manager, Visa Sub Saharan Africa.
Corine held various roles at Oracle and has served the American technology corporation for more than one decade. She worked as a Market Strategist, Regional Director and her last position as Country Leader.
βVisaβs promise is to bring the benefits of electronic payments to everyone everywhere. Nowhere is that a more exciting challenge than in East Africa and the wider region, where we have a wonderful opportunity to combine technology and partnerships with a broad range of people to drive truly transformational change in the way that the economy transacts. I am excited to join the Visa team, and I am looking forward to meeting and engaging with our stakeholders and partners,β said Corine.