British American Tobacco Kenya plc (BAT Kenya) is part of the British American Tobacco Group (BAT Group), a leading multi-category consumer goods business that has existed since 1907. They were listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange in 1969. 

Data analysis revealed that women outperformed men in 4 out of 8 job groups and were on par with men in other job grades.

Outstanding performance

However, men had the advantage in the remaining three job groupings. The largest difference was observed in the senior management group, where women earned 19 percent more than men due to the outstanding performance of female employees and the addition of experienced external female staff.

Women also outearned men in job groups G32, G33, and G35, but men earned considerably more than women in the lowest job category, with a margin of 67 percent. The company attributed the pay gap to years of service and the annual salary review process.

Men spend more time in the same job group, leading to higher average times in grades. On average, male employees stayed within the same pay grade for four and a half years while female employees stayed for three years and two months. BAT has pledged to address the issue by considering factors like performance, experience, and time in job groups in salary reviews to ensure equality and fairness in pay.

Men have always been ahead of women

The BAT situation is challenging the gender pay gap in Kenya has always put men ahead of women. According to a 2019 study on gender equality in Kenya, by Equileap on average, women earn 32% less than their male counterparts, compared to 23% globally.

BAT Kenya serves as a manufacturing hub for Kenya’s domestic market and BAT markets in East Africa and Southern Africa, as well as export markets across Eastern, Central, and Southern Africa, through a cigarette manufacturing plant in Nairobi and a green leaf threshing (GLT) plant in Thika.

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Ankomah leaves her role as Ecobank Group Executive, commercial banking replacing Mr. Cheikh Travaly who retired late last year upon attaining the mandatory retirement of age 60 years.

“I look forward to working with the Board, management, and fellow Ecobankers to grow our business in Kenya and leverage the vast opportunities within the region to actualize Ecobank’s broader vision of fostering financial and economic integration,” Ankomah stated on her appointment.

Ecobank Kenya Board of Directors Chairman Martin Mbogo relayed confidence in Josephine taking up the new role, praising her for her excellent leadership skills. He noted, “We are confident that Josephine is the right person for the role and has what it takes to further boost the Ecobank brand in Kenya and the CESA region to even greater heights. She is a leader with a proven track record of execution, great leadership skills, and a deep understanding of customer dynamics, our products, and markets,”

Career journey 

Ankomah started her career at Ecobank in  Ghana in 1992. She has served other positions in the bank including Managing director – of Ecobank Gambia. Regional Treasurer – (Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and the Gambia. Head of Corporate Strategy and Business Development (Ecobank Ghana ). Head of Investment Banking group – Ecobank Ghana.Chief Operating Officer – Ecobank West African Monetary Zone / East & Southern Africa.

About Ecobank Group 

Ecobank Group is a leading private PanAfrican banking group that was established in 1985 in a bid to drive financial integration and socioeconomic development in Africa. Ecobank Kenya an affiliate of the Pan-African platform, offers a comprehensive suite of financial services to consumer, commercial, corporate, and Investment clients.

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For Susan, a trained lawyer, being in the limelight is not a new thing. In 2005 she became Miss Earth as a teenager and since then, her stardom has been unstoppable. Currently, she is one of Kenya’s leading, youngest Beauty-preneurs, CEO of Posh Palace, Polish cosmetics, and Polished by the Posh Palace.

Speaking on Her Standards, Kaittany said hard work and humility have put her ahead of the game.

“Women get judged a lot. How we should be, how you should behave yet, the people who judge you don’t know you. The truth is women can be everything but you probably have to work five times harder,” she told Queenter Mbori, TV host of Her Standards.

Coming from a humble background, Susan learned business apprenticeship from her mother, a former teacher. Mother and daughter have sold everything in and out of Nairobi including popcorn and crips.

“There’s no shame in being an entrepreneur. You are a literal beggar,” she said adding, “I have begged, but once you know the customer is the boss, you lay low.”

Susan urges women to be their own cheerleaders. “Don’t expect claps at the start of your business because it is a very lonely journey. You really have to be determined, ignore the haters, and march forward.” 

To young women getting into the business – Start already. “All you need is a dream, resilience, and grit,” said Susan, Woman of Impact Award 2019 winner, Women in Business Kenya Awards.

The first episode of ‘Real House Wives of Nairobi’ (RHO Nairobi) officially airs on 23, February 2023 on Showmax. 

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She is a Kenyan businesswoman, accountant, and corporate executive who serves as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Diamond Trust Bank Group. Nasim is one of five women who hold such positions in Kenya commercial banks. The bank provided hot meals for health workers in 2020 as a commitment to society during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

She started her career at Diamond Trust Bank Group as the Regional Financial Controller. Years later, she was promoted to the position of Group Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer. She concurrently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Kenyan Subsidiary Diamond Trust Bank (Kenya) Limited.

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The media personality is the Founder of Africa’s Leading Ladies Facebook Group, a social platform Chebet uses to coach and mentor over 300,000 women across Africa. The entrepreneur is also the Founder of Keyara Botanicals, one of Kenya’s leading home-grown skincare brands. She founded Under Scarlet Digital, a digital consultancy firm. Previously, she worked at Metropol TV as the General Manager.

 The former Citizen news anchor, digital content creator & influencer was appointed patron for Pan African Business Women’s Association in South Africa. PABWA seeks to enable African women in business to optimize opportunities within the Continental Free Trade Agreement.

 Despite losing her job in 2016, Chebet was previously quoted saying, “I wouldn’t be where I am today. In retrospect, it was necessary even though I was in so much pain.”

 Her recovery story and career turnaround are an inspiration to many women and young girls.

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