[kictanet] "Nokia boss quits as regional office moves to Jo’Burg"

[Chris Foster]

"Nokia boss quits as regional office moves to Jo’Burg"
http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/Nokia+boss+quits+as+regional+office+moves+to+Jo+Burg/-/539550/1281608/-/6lvmyi/-/

Seems a shame if this is confirmed to be true. From what I've seen, some 
of the sucess of Nokia can be connected to it being closely integrated 
in the region, not only as a sales force, but in pushing locally for 
appropriate products, marketing, policy and distribution.

This seems particularly important in the mobile sector, given the need 
to be responsive to increasingly strong competition in the region, 
particularly from emerging Chinese firms.

Nokia never had a huge workforce in Kenya, so I'm guessing this is not 
related to cost cutting, and as the article says, it seems to grow 
against the grain of other multinationals who are looking to become more 
connected locally into the Kenyan and regional market.

Thanks
Chris

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University of Manchester, UK

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