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Joseph Nderitu

Joseph Nderitu is a director at Integrated Risk Services Ltd and specializes in revenue assurance. He previously worked as Head of Revenue Assurance and Fraud Management at Vodacom's operation in Tanzania, having previously served in the same role at Vodacom Mozambique.

Before his work with Vodacom, Joseph was an internal audit manager for Airtel, with responsibility that covered their 17 countries in Africa. Whilst at Airtel, Joseph led reviews of the Revenue Assurance, Customer Service and Sales & Marketing functions.

Prior to his stint at Airtel, Joseph was an RA manager at Safaricom in Kenya. He holds an MSc Degree in Information Systems.

Articles by This Author

Gutting the Goose that Lays the Golden Egg

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta wants a 67 percent increase of taxes on mobile money transactions.

Uganda Fights Crime by Ending Prepaid Scratch Cards

President Museveni is responding to a spate of kidnappings, but banning scratch cards will also benefit telcos by reducing fraud.

Ghana National RA Deal: See You in Court

Opponents of a new system to audit telecoms revenues argue it may be unconstitutional.

Customer Makes Mobile Money Mistake, Telco Pays

Uganda's regulator will investigate MTN to see what more can be done about customers sending mobile money to the wrong numbers.

How to Mangle a Revenue Assurance Story

The purchase of an RA solution by Safaricom causes a journalist to confuse his readers and draw all the wrong conclusions.

Death Threats and Corruption Accusations: Pressure Mounts on Ghana National RA Deal

The wildest Hollywood conspiracy plot is easier to follow than the story of the contract for Ghana's third national RA auditor.

Ghana National RA Deal: The Plot Thickens

If you were writing a Hollywood script about big money and government intrigue, you could base it on the string of claims made about Ghana's national revenue assurance audit.

Ghana National RA Audit Fiasco Enters New Phase

Ghana's government paid two different firms to audit telco revenues, but say they did no work. So now they are paying yet more money to a third RA vendor.

Controversy over Gambian International Gateway

Questions are being asked about who ultimately receives the income generated by international traffic.

Big Talk, Little Innovation in Revenue Assurance

RA vendors should do more to develop solutions that use sophisticated techniques like machine learning and predictive analytics.

Social Media Tax in Uganda

Telcos will face additional pricing headaches as the Ugandan government imposes a tax on social media users of 200 shillings (roughly 5 US cents) per day.

Clean Energy, Dirty Government Mentality

African telcos could save money and protect the environment by using renewable energy sources for remote sites, but this may not suit state-run energy suppliers.

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