Peter Henderson

An entrepreneur and technology expert, Pete Henderson is Chairman of Indigo Telecom Ltd, a global service provider located in Kenya and with offices in the United States. In addition to being a Trustee of Save the Elephants and a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, Pete has a long and distinguished career providing new technologies across Africa.In founding Indigo Telecom, which now operates in 30 countries around the world, Pete runs a global organization that is a Service Provider for Thuraya, Inmarsat and Iridium products. Indigo is also the national service provider for Thuraya services in Kenya with a mandate to provide Thuraya services throughout the world. Indigo specializes in both fix satellite and mobile services in very remote and difficult places around the world, such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Congo, Angola, and Sudan, In the past, Pete provided virtually all television transmission via satellite from within Rwanda during the genocide and has over 25 years of specialized experience in providing satellite communication solutions. He was also responsible for pioneering the implementation of a GSM communication network in Southern Sudan, a first of its kind in that region. Indigo was awarded the “Best Service Provider for Innovation” by Thuraya in 2007.

Prior to founding Indigo, Pete founded “NewsForce” in Cyprus in the 1990s and provided television services to international broadcasters as well as crews, equipment and satellite links to all major broadcasters covering news in the Middle East and Africa. With over 50 clients such as BBC, ABC, CBS, Pete covered the hostage releases in Lebanon, both Gulf Wars, the breakup of the former Soviet Union, famine in Africa, Somalia and many other historical events. NewsForce was sold to France Telecom and Pete served as a member of the Executive Council before divesting the balance of his ownership and moving to Kenya.

A British citizen, Pete holds an Executive MBA from Harvard University Business School.