Francis Muema

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M-Pesa Specialist Lead – Middle East and Africa @ Vodafone Enterprise
Kenya
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I am a digital Financial services Inclusion expert with over 12 years of experience managing digital financial services, Mobile money ecosystems, and cross-border digital payments business development within 7 countries across the African Region. I am also a subject matter expert in merchant payments ecosystem set up and aggregator Partnerships, strategy, and execution, activation, and support handling value add services, propositions, and go to market strategies for 52,000 Large Corporate enterprises in Kenya, small to medium enterprises, and entrepreneurial partners in the small office and home office sector including non-governmental organizations and government agencies. Merchant experience, account management support, and business development facilitation drive digital financial payments through strategy, operational efficiencies, and customer focus initiatives to 100,000 Active merchants across industry verticals.Additionally, I bring on board experience in Agency network recruitment, activation, management, customer acquisition, Go to market product development, testing, deployment, agent acquisition, activation, training, stimulation, and support.I implement strategies to set up 80,000 plus agent network of Small to medium-sized entrepreneurs that seek financial independence by becoming financial agents in a mobile money network.Specialities:Go to Market Product Development | Agency Network Recruitment | Client Acquisition/Customer Support | Project Management | Testing & Deployment | Propositions & Go to Market Strategies | Handling Value Add Services | Account Management Support | Senior Manager - Growth strategy & Execution | Strategic Planning | Business Case Development | Market Intelligence | Marketing | B2B | Data-driven | SaaS | Customer Experience | Design | Analytical Skills | Sales | Product Management

Francis Muema's Current Company Details
Vodafone Enterprise

Vodafone Enterprise

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M-Pesa Specialist Lead – Middle East and Africa
Kenya
Employees:
207
Francis Muema Work Experience Details
  • Vodafone Enterprise
    M-Pesa Specialist Lead – Middle East And Africa
    Vodafone Enterprise
    Kenya
  • Vodafone Enterprise
    M-Pesa Specialist Lead – Middle East And Africa
    Vodafone Enterprise May 2017 - Present
    Nairobi, Kenya
    ► Delivers new customer value contracts of Euros 13M and yearly revenue Euros 10M growth for Enterprise M-Pesa (Mobile Money) for Vodafone Global Enterprise in Africa- through in-country Industry vertical engagements through M-Pesa use case propositioning and account teams engagements.► Generates sales pipeline that is 5 times product opportunities through C-level engagements and account development plans strategic and tactical execution support. Multi-country Partnership agreements through co-creation and joint venture initiatives.► Provides multi-country regional support for M-Pesa for Enterprise driven by transformative, innovative mobile money products, new market developments (players, services, technologies, models), and Go to market strategies through Business unit alignments and cross-functional groups to develop and deliver processes, procedures, and sales operation tools to ensure business goals are met.Core Contributions:★ Won GEM Awards – Going the extra mile awards 2018 recognition for outstanding performance, achieving 111% on target, driving M-PESA for Enterprise for Vodafone Global Enterprise Accounts across Africa - through country capability building, and creating sustainable Opportunity sales pipelines and revenue generation.★ Facilitated cross-market learnings through 2 workshops for 7 countries with M-Pesa presence to build a strategy for the region, in-country capacity to deliver opportunities and alignments by sharing best practices across pre-sales, onboarding, and implementation to drive M-Pesa uptake and sustainability.★ Implemented aggressive strategic plan of accelerated M-Pesa for Enterprise penetration in Tanzania, DRC through forming an M-Pesa Business unit Team to accelerate M-Pesa focus, client engagements, Merchant acquisition, revenue stimulation activities, and Go to market activities that increased acquisition by 80%.★ Generated total contract value opportunities from 7 million Euros in 2017 to 10 million Euros 2018 FY.
  • Safaricom Plc
    Merchant Support Manager, Merchant Payments Department – Enterprise Sme, Corporate And Public Sector
    Safaricom Plc Jan 2015 - May 2017
    Nairobi, Kenya
    ► Spearheaded API onboarding of partners to access the M-PESA system and cross-functional management of API onboarding and support.► Lead team that spearheaded Corporate and Public sector relationship teams that provide M-PESA financial services support.► Played a pivotal role in developing and rolling technologies to provide better efficiency in merchant experience in merchant USSD journeys and Merchant Self-service statements.Core Contributions:★ Supported set up closed-loop financial services products for NGO and distribution partners such as WFP with over 300,000 recipients in a feeding program. ★ Established M-PESA financial services support nationwide in 6 regions, Call Center, retail shops, and merchant acquisition partners by reviewing support and onboarding processes through sales tolls for onboarding by sales Teams.★ Rolled out Merchant aggregator model with financial services partners and aggregator partners as part of merchant recruitment strategy. ★ Oversaw Merchant transaction turnover 9B to 18B Feb 2016 through Payments support and transactional stimulation activities to grow revenue by 50%.★ Conducted B2B Business to Business roll out to over 200 partners in diverse industry segments and led the review and implantation of Tariff framework review that reduced the number of tariffs by 60%.
  • Safaricom Plc
    Consumer Business Unit – Merchant Channels
    Safaricom Plc Jul 2013 - Jan 2015
    Nairobi, Kenya
    ► Oversaw management of third-party merchant partners onboarding partners and value-added services provided by partners as part of growing active merchants through strategic partnerships ► Incorporated Safaricom retail network and aggregated partnerships in Lipa na M-PESA recruitment, activation, and support to enhance merchant experience and service delivery.► Conducted Business re-engineering of Merchant terminal delivery and activation to achieve 24hr service level agreements.Core Contributions:★ Provided operational leadership to roll out over 200,382 Lipa na M-PESA merchants to accept M-PESA payments for goods and services and organizations using financial services with 50,000 thirty-day active transacting increase of 30% since April 2015.★ Oversaw Management of merchants with a Transactional monthly turnover of Ksh 15 billion through relationship support.★ Managed Point of sale integrations of key retail merchants onto Lipa na M-PESA service with over 200 integrations country-wide.★ Set up a centralized regional sales support Team for regional support to support over 400 salespeople and third-party partners and merchants.
  • Safaricom Plc
    M-Pesa Agent Administration Manager – M-Pesa Agent Administration
    Safaricom Plc Mar 2013 - Jul 2013
    Nairobi, Kenya
    ► Liaised between Safaricom, M-PESA Agents, and regional sales teams for customer /Agent acquisition activities.► Conducted administrative recruitment of all Safaricom Dealers, Key Accounts, and non-dealers as partners in providing financial services.► Achieved Effective Sales Support for Agencies, super Agencies, and corporate clients, providing financial services through process reviews and automation.Core Contributions:★ Oversaw Agency roll out, set up, and activation of over 20,000 outlets to offer financial services.★ Managed Administrative support for the 3000 Agent head offices and 80 000 agency outlets through direct and indirect support structures.
  • Safaricom Plc
    Call Center Team Manager – M-Pesa Corporate And Dealer Channels
    Safaricom Plc Dec 2005 - Mar 2013
    Nairobi, Kenya
    ► Managed a high-performing Team handling High-value M-PESA Corporate, Paybill, post-pay, High-value customers, and Key Accounts and addressed Dealer-related issues for 800 dealers' skillset assigned staff in the call centre.Core Contributions:★ Managed staff that handled over 200 high Value and critical account corporate customers, including Super Agents in the financial services sector.★ Achieved Service level of 80% for High-value corporate accounts with first call resolution by empowering staff on first and downward roles. ★ Achieved customer satisfaction through call tracker score of 9 out of 10 for agent satisfaction of handling M-PESA Agent issues in Call tracker surveys of Agents through refresher training for staff on call and email educational campaigns.
  • Safaricom Plc
    Contact Center Support Analyst
    Safaricom Plc Aug 2005 - Dec 2006
    Nairobi, Kenya
    ► Delivered high-quality customer service through receipt and Execution of escalated customer/dealer queries from all 1st line customer contact points, i.e., Call Centers, retail centres, Dealers, and other Departments.

Francis Muema Skills

Call Center Telecommunications Customer Satisfaction Customer Experience Contact Centers Team Leadership Workforce Management Analysis Business Development Call Centers Coaching Customer Retention Customer Service Employee Training Leadership Management Operations Management Outsourcing Performance Management Product Management Sales Management Service Delivery Team Management System Administration Technical Support Wireless Troubleshooting Change Management Team Building Crm Business Strategy Customer Relationship Management Analytical Skills Integration

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What company does Francis Muema work for?

Francis Muema works for Vodafone Enterprise

What is Francis Muema's role at the current company?

Francis Muema's current role is M-Pesa Specialist Lead – Middle East and Africa.

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Francis Muema's email address is fm****@****m.co.ke

What schools did Francis Muema attend?

Francis Muema attended Management University Of Africa/jkuat, Kenya Institute Of Management, Jomo Kenyatta University Of Agriculture And Technology (Jkuat).

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Francis Muema has skills like Call Center, Telecommunications, Customer Satisfaction, Customer Experience, Contact Centers, Team Leadership, Workforce Management, Analysis, Business Development, Call Centers, Coaching, Customer Retention.

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