We just wait and see

They have to change tact, it costs money to roll-out sites and its not cheap even if the sites are from china....you buy cheap upgrading and integration becomes an issue and you pay double to upgrade/integrate.. cheap is expensive.. you try lowering your prices competition does the same and eats properly into you because of the numbers(subs).
To grow their business and stop the firings they are accustomed to... they should look at being cost effective rather than cheap. 3g they will achieve, though they have teething technical issues with some sites and BSCs leading to the delays to launch.

I dont think when the CEO leaves a firm it spells the end of it. Michael Joseph went but Safaricom is still there.

I think It will be a mistake to underestimate Airtel after Rene mezas exit (Mind you I am a safaricom die hard)

IF I was the owner of Bharti I would have done the same thing(let meza Go) for one, his marketing strategy was below par actually I thought he was using airtels money to promote a rivals brand..using green color in his adverts to mock safaricom subscribers hurt Airtel more than it built it.

Looking at the current airtel adverts you can notice a big change in strategy...FT reported sometime back that the son of Bhartis chairman(his immediate heir) resides and works in Nairobi and am sure he had something to do with the change over.

If I was safaricom I would be very wary of the current changeover.

It does not spell doom but it sends a clear message depending on the departure circumstances.
he is leaving going where? joining the board of the same company as advisor and supporting the new CEO or joining the other half of the competition to support competition at arms length?