Kenya’s leading telco Safaricom has been named among the recipients of the 2022 Zero Project Award. The award recognizes innovative practices and policies aimed at driving inclusion for people with disabilities. Feted at the annual event broadcasted from the United Nations’ Office in Vienna, Austria, Safaricom was recognized for its diversity and inclusion programmes including […]
Safaricom accounted for more than 99 per cent of mobile money transactions across various indicators. Kenyans sent Sh1.1 trillion to each other between October and December 2021, a 4 per cent increase from the previous quarter, as economic activity rebounded from the effects of Covid-19. Data from Communications Authority of Kenya indicates the value of […]
File image of Peter Ndegwa, CEO, Safaricom NAIROBI, Kenya, March 29- Safaricom has announced a revamp of its data plans with both prepay and postpay customers set to enjoy up to 100pc more data on their favorite daily, weekly, monthly and select all-in-one plans. The move is set to offer customers increased value in recognition […]
A man using a mobile phone in the streets of Nairobi, Kenya. The government and telecommunication companies have been sued for pushing subscribers to provide their passport photos and IDs in a new registration drive. Eliud Karanja, the petitioner, told High Court judge Hedwig Ong’undi that passport photos and IDs are not a requirement in […]
Safaricom and Gulf Bank Africa have partnered to launch a Sharīʿah-compliant loan facility called Halal Pesa. It is the first Sharīʿah-compliant mobile and digital financial solution in the country allowing all customers on the M-Pesa platform access to full amounts requested with a repayment period of 30 days at a 5% Murabaha margin. How to […]
NAIROBI, March 31 (Reuters) – Daniel Nzoma’s face glows in the light of a computer screen as he reviews computer codes used for driverless cars and crop disease detection, an unusual job in Nairobi’s crowded Pipeline neighbourhood. Nzoma’s job, which includes "geotagging", needs reliable and fast internet connectivity that used not to be available in […]
Safaricom Board Chairman Michael Joseph during an interview with Standard at Michael Joseph Centre in Nairobi on Monday, March 28, 2022 [ Safaricom has hired 305 staff for its Ethiopian unit as it readies to launch commercial telecommunication operations in the Horn of Africa country. Safaricom chair Michael Joseph says 50 per cent of the […]
At Safaricom’s Fintech Innovation Week, the leading East African telco brought together stakeholders from across the continent as it explores solutions that will lead it to to the next big idea – part of the telco’s search for ‘The next M-PESA.’ In a guest post with a local newspaper, Safaricom CEO, Peter Ndegwa, revealed the […]
A woman walks past an Ethio Telecom office in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, November 9, 2015. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri Ethiopia’s giant state-owned telecoms provider – Ethio Telecom – faces the biggest challenge in its history. In April, its monopoly on phone and internet services will come to an end when Kenyan operator Safaricom launches its network. […]
Kenya’s shilling weakened to the dollar for the 10th consecutive month in March as the dampening global economic outlook accelerated its rate of depreciation. The currency of East Africa’s largest economy reached 115.35 per dollar on Friday, having depreciated 1% in March and 1.7% in the first quarter, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The […]
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