Kevin Mutuma | Carrier Business Director
China Mobile International

Kevin is an experienced business development professional having worked in the technology industry for almost 15 years. His specific interests lie in bridging the connectivity divide that exists in Pan-Africa and this has shaped his journey over the years working with different organizations that play critical roles in the value chain. In the more recent years working with multinational carrier operators across Africa, Kevin has been involved in the planning and development of subsea cables, commercialization of the infrastructure and the operation and maintenance of these critical resources connecting Africa. Having participated in several regional projects that have brought up first hand the huge challenges that lie in Africa, Kevin has been compelled to be at the forefront of the transformation and development required to bring these critical resources into Africa. Kevin currently serves as the director of carrier business for China Mobile International –the overseas subsidiary of China Mobile and the largest operator in the world with over 950million subscribers. At CMI now based in Kenya, he oversees the Africa business development and infrastructure deployment plans of several fiber optic projects from commercial and relationship perspective while supporting terrestrial fiber extension projects, metro and pop deployments, datacentre infra as well as cross-border backbone connectivity on various subsea cables in Sub-Saharan Africa.