Shares in Kenya’s Safaricom Plc opened 2.7% lower at 27.35 shillings ($0.2672) on Monday, after the telecoms company announced the death of Chief Executive Robert William Collymore after a nearly two-year battle with cancer, Refinitiv data showed.

In May, Collymore, 61, had said he would stay in his position for an extra year.

He had been due to step down in August after nine years at the helm, during which time Safaricom’s share price rose by more than 400%. (Reuters/NAN)