Zain Kenya issues 141 pink slips
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Zain Kenya has axed 141 employees as the firm realigns its business model across all operations in Africa with a view to improving its delivery of services to its customers.
Zain Africa CEO Chris Gabriel reportedly said that the affected employees are from sales, finance, technical, IT and customer service departments. The incumbent will implement a Modular Business Model that will enable all Zain operations to focus on the key customer-facing activities.
Gabriel said the implementation of the Modular Business Model is part of Zain’s drive to become a top 10 global mobile operator by 2011 with 110 million subscribers and an EBITDA of USD 6 billion.
The model gave positive result when implemented in Saudi Arabia by Zain after it launched its operations in 2008.
