Nairobi, Aug. 6 -- After serving in Airtel's smaller West African markets of Chad and Congo (Brazzaville), Jibril Tobe was tapped as Kenya CEO a month ago, with the challenge of pushing the Kenya unit to profitability in the face of a dominant Safaricom.

He spoke to the Business Daily on Airtel's focus on the "low-hanging fruits" of fixed data and mobile money.

How are you finding your new role at Airtel Kenya?

Kenya is obviously a bigger market than Congo-Brazzaville and Chad. To give you an idea, Kenya is 10 times the size of Congo-Brazzaville.

That is 55 million people against five million, which gives you an idea of the size of Kenya. This reveals the scope of my responsibilities. Kenya is among the top five operating countries of...