Starlink continues to disrupt Africa’s traditional internet market with affordable pricing and reliable, high-speed connections, resulting in strong demand from cost-conscious consumers that has emptied shelves…
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Following the company’s receipt of a mobile financial services licence in Ethiopia on Friday, market participants said that shares of Kenyan telecom operator Safaricom SCOM.NR increased…
President William Ruto has landed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he is slated to hold bilateral talks with his host. In Ruto’s company are Kapseret MP…
The investment banker John Ngumi has been appointed by the Board of Safaricom Plc as a director and Chairman of the Board, effective August 1, 2022.…
The current head of consumer business at Safaricom, Sylvia Mulinge has been appointed by MTN Uganda as its new chief executive starting September 1. Ms Mulinge’s…
Safaricom Investment Co-operative plans to start construction on a KSh750 million (US$6.43 million) real estate project in Ruaka, Kiambu County, to meet the county’s growing demand…
Safaricom’s mobile money service M-Pesa has reached 30 million monthly users in Kenya. M-PESA reached the milestone a few days after marking its 15th year since…
The Nairobi Securities Exchange dropped 65.6 billion shillings in the first two days of this week as pressure by foreign sales overtakes the anticipated rally ahead…
Ethiopia’s telecommunication space is truly being more liberalised. At the moment, Safaricom is negotiating an infrastructure sharing deal with Ethiopian rival Ethio Telecom as it prepares…
The Ethiopian Communications Authority has denied claims that it has shortlisted any telecommunication company for the two highly coveted mobile operator licenses in Ethiopia. The Communications…