Joseph Mucheru

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Mr. Joseph Mucheru is the Regional lead for Google in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Based in Nairobi to cover 48 countries. The Regional Lead function combines business planning, running the operations and strategy for Google in Sub -Saharan Africa.  Mr. Mucheru joined Google in June 2007.

Prior to joining Google he worked as Wananchi Online, a company he co-founded in 1999. He held various roles at the company including Chief Technology Officer, Strategy & Business Director and most recently Chief Executive Officer. He attended The Stanford Executive Program at Stanford University in 2008 before that he obtained his undergraduate degree (B Sc. (Hons)) in Economics & Computer Science at City University London in 1993 and has since accumulated numerous certifications.

His outside interests include work as a founding member the Computer Security Incidence Response Team of Kenya (CSIRT), He is a member Muthaiga Golf Club, enjoys sports (hockey and squash), travelling, music, films, politics and business and surfing the net.