Kinuthia-Otieno wrote on LinkedIn on 25 July that she was leaving Airtel Money Kenya after almost five years as managing director, and that she was starting something new without saying what it was. Airtel Money’s share of Kenya’s mobile money subscriptions was 3.1% when the Communications Authority first published the split in September 2022. Set that against 53.4 million active mobile money subscriptions at the end of March 2026 and 602,470 mobile money agents. The 2024 FinAccess Household Survey found Kenyans still settle 79.8% of daily expenses in cash, and 13.1% through mobile money. Whether Visa names the seven East Africa markets and clarifies Pollock’s position, which it can do at any point.