Safaricom Edges Out Global Mobile Operators To Scoop Awards for M-PESA Super App and Blaze DigiTruck Nairobi, Kenya – 3 rd March 2022… Safaricom (NSE: SCOM ) has won a prestigious Global Mobile Award (GLOMO) for the M-PESA Super App at the ongoing Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Super App won under the category […]

Representative Image Image Credit: Twitter (@mtnug) MTN Uganda reported on Monday a 6.6% jump in pre-tax profit for 2021, compared with the previous period, helped by higher data sales and faster uptake of its fintech services. The company said it earned 490.9 billion Ugandan shillings ($136.93 million) in 2021. MTN Uganda attributed the profit growth […]

M-Pesa is celebrating 15 years since Safaricom and Vodafone launched the service in Kenya in March 2007. The platform has now expanded to more countries across Africa including Tanzania, Mozambique, the DRC, Lesotho, Egypt, and Ghana. Safaricom says M-Pesa currently serves more than 51 Million customers, close to half a million businesses, with over 600,000 […]

Kenya Power wants to start selling high speed internet Kenya Power is set to unveil a package that will make it possible for its biggest corporate clients to buy electricity and high speed internet as a bundle. The move will enable the company to further diversify its business model and generate more revenue in the […]

About a month ago, I wrote an article on Safaricom collecting facial data in a re-registration drive they said was in line with the Communication Authority of Kenya’s(CA) guidelines. Well, it now seems Airtel Kenya is also doing the same. However, as you’ll see – unlike Safaricom who specifically mentioned “facial recognition” in their response […]

Campaign dubbed ‘Nyakua Data Dabo Dabo’ aims at enabling prepay and postpay customers to do more with their data Nairobi, Kenya 15 th February 2022 … Safaricom (NSE: SCOM ) has today unveiled a new data campaign dubbed Nyakua Data Dabo Dabo , which will see customers enjoy 100% bonus data upon attaining their daily […]

Point of Sale with Lipa Na M-pesa payment platform. [PHOTO/ COURTESY] The Central Bank of Kenya is set to launch a national payment gateway that will compel Safaricom to accept payment from rival firms such as Airtel on its Lipa na M-Pesa feature to enable seamless transactions. The move aims to curtail Safaricom’s dominance in […]

(Ecofin Agency) – Telco Safaricom announced it is negotiating an infrastructure sharing agreement with the incumbent operator Ethio Telecom in Ethiopia. Anwar Soussa, MD of Safaricom Ethiopia, said the two parties are currently working with the Ethiopian Communication Authority (ECA) to work out the details of the partnership. “Ethio-Telecom and ourselves both have a commitment […]

In over 15 years of covering the telecoms sector in emerging markets, it has always been clear to us at Developing Telecoms that the issues encountered in these regions must be addressed with pioneering solutions that factor in the circumstances surrounding them. An approach that succeeded in developed markets will likely be unviable in emerging […]

Safaricom Edges Out Global Mobile Operators To Scoop Awards for M-PESA Super App and Blaze DigiTruck Nairobi, Kenya – 3 rd March 2022… Safaricom (NSE: SCOM ) has won a prestigious Global Mobile Award (GLOMO) for the M-PESA Super App at the ongoing Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Super App won under the category […]