Safaricom Customers will now be able to purchase airtime via M-Pesa from as low as 1 shilling in a move that the giant telco hopes to use to get more …
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Safaricom Investment Co-operative has received approval from the Ministry of Co-operatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Development to adopt a new name, logo and colors for the society. This approval …
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Kenyans who had taken advantage of the reverse calls offered by Safaricom so that they could never use their money to make calls are in for a rude shock after …
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Safaricom Investment Co-operative has launched its 158th project in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County in a move to expand its footprints across the country. Dubbed ‘Adelaide Creek’, the 30-acre land project …
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The Board of Safaricom Investment Co-operative has appointed Churchill Winstone Ochieng’ as the new Chief Executive Officer. Churchill brings on board over 25 years of experience in leadership, cash flow management, …
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Safaricom Investment Co-operative shareholders have approved a KES 142.4 million rebate payout during the 15th Annual General Meeting. The payout comes after the Society reported a KES. 203.4 million in net …
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Africa’s leading integrated communications agency, 3 Verse (3VR) has triumphed in a hotly contested global pitch for East African tech giant Safaricom. The agency was appointed as the lead creative …
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Market Watch
Safaricom’s Net Income Ups 10.9% To Ksh 41.6 Billion In Half -Year Ended September 2023
Safaricom (NSE: SCOM) has recorded a strong growth in profitability for the six months to 30th September 2023 with the Kenyan business hitting a double-digit growth in Net income to close …
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Jane Omondi sells freshly cooked fish from a stand on a bustling roadside in Utawala, a low- to medium-income neighborhood about 16 kilometers, or 10 miles, east of central Nairobi. …
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Kenyans can now access affordable locally assembled smartphones following the launch of the state-of-the-art East Africa Device Assembly Kenya Limited, located in Athi River. The device assembly factory was set …
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As Kenyans continue to wait for the affordable smartphones promised by the government, Safaricom has made a major announcement that it is in the final stages of setting up a …
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Opera is launching its free data campaign in Ethiopia. Partnering with the Kenyan telecommunications company Safaricom – which recently entered the Ethiopian market – the move follows Opera’s strategy of …
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The Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed paint firm Crown Paints Kenya today morning partnered with Safaricom Sacco Ltd, in a strategic move as the paint firm seeks more innovative ways of bolstering …
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Safaricom Foundation has hit 20 years since it was officially launched on 14th August 2003. Since its inception, the Foundation has invested over KES 5 billion in more than 4,000 community …
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How much do you spend on airtime daily? How much do you use in making calls per month? How about data, how much do you spend on purchasing meaningful bundles …
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Safaricom has rolled out the “Gomoka Na Go Monthly” campaign where customers, upon the purchase of a bundle, spin a wheel and win instant prizes including cash in their M-Pesa …
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Kenya’s telecommunication giant, Safaricom, has launched the ‘Gomoka na Go Monthly’ promotion that will see customers get to spin a wheel and win various prizes once they purchase any Go …
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Safaricom and the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) have launched the HELB-M-Pesa Wallet, a financial product for university students. The HELB Mini App will let beneficiaries access their HELB upkeep, …
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The financial sector within and without Kenya keeps on evolving with each passing day. The days of people scrambling for spaces within banking halls are long gone as many financial …
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Azimio leader Raila Odinga has called on his supporters to boycott the giant telecommunications company within the region, Safaricom PLC, KCB Group, and The Star Newspaper for “being in bed …
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Pochi La Biashara is a product by Safaricom that allows business owners such as food vendors, small kiosk owners, boda-boda operators, and second-hand clothes dealers, among others. to receive and …
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Safaricom CEO Mr. Peter Ndegwa has brushed off speculations that he is leaving the giant telecommunications company in April terming such allegations as “noise.” According to Mr. Ndegwa, his contract …
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Safaricom (NSE: SCOM) and Nairobi City County have signed a partnership to digitize the county’s services and operations. Under the partnership, Safaricom will develop and support the “My Nairobi App” …
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Safaricom customers who will delay paying their Okoa Jahazi will have it automatically deducted from the Bonga Points. The new feature of deducting Bonga Points to repay Okoa Jahazi is …
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Word on the street has it that Joshua Oigara, the former CEO of Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB Group) might be headed to Safaricom as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). …
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Safaricom (NSE: SCOM) has announced that it has signed up 6 banks to its SIM-Swap-Check Anti-fraud solution. The solution provides banks with an API (Application Programming Interface) through which they …
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Safaricom’s 6.0% drop in interim profit distribution to the shareholders follows a 10% fall in net profit for the six months that ended last September to 33.5 billion shillings.
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Kenya’s telecommunications giant, Safaricom PLC, has announced the appointment of Ms. Karen Kandie and Ms. Ory Okolloh as new members of the Board of Directors effective immediately as it pursues …
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Safaricom is set to become a purpose-led technology firm by 2025. This was revealed during the first-ever investor day held on Wednesday. During the forum, executives from Safaricom gave a …
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Airtel Kenya has announced that it will introduce 5G mobile broadband services in Nairobi. The telecommunications company will target “high-income” neighborhoods within the city county because “they have the gadgets …
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No nation has ever developed by overtaxing its poor population. If you keep on milking an emaciated cow, it will soon die. The Kenya Kwanza Government seems to be under …
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“Installation work can be anything from having a sculpture within a particular space as a single object to tell a particular story, or in my type of work, I use …
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From October 1, 2022, Kenyans who will borrow 1,000 shillings from Fuliza will enjoy 0 interest rates for the first three days in a new announcement made by the CEOs …
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It is estimated that by 2025, a third of the world will be covered by 5G networks. GSMA Roadmaps for 5G spectrum report projects that these networks will benefit some …
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Safaricom customers will no longer receive their M-Pesa statements via email starting July 1, 2022, according to the new changes by the giant Telco. According to Safaricom, customers will only …
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The 2022 LinkedIn Top Companies list in Kenya is the first annual ranking of the 25 best workplaces for talent to grow their careers.
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Have you ever gone to a Kenyan supermarket and the person ahead of you is making their payment for the goods using M-Pesa? How long did it take? Did you …
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One is not allowed to send more than 50,000 shillings to an unregistered user. Although, one can do so in bits of 25,000 shillings per transaction.
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How many times have you tried to make a call on a certain network but there is just no coverage to facilitate the same? Well, this will soon be the …
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Sanda Ojiambo, Safaricom’s (NSE: SCOM) Head of Sustainable Business and Social Impact has been appointed as the Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative. …
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There were a total of 277 million registered mobile money users in Sub-Saharan Africa at the end of 2016. According to a report released by a lobby group GSMA, Sub-Saharan …
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Safaricom Limited has opened a fourth regional headquarter in Kisumu in a move that has been termed by the telecommunication company as aimed at enhancing service delivery. According to the …