Safaricom — 6 Latest News (April 2024)

Apr 18

Safaricom opens a customer care shop at the largest Muguka Market in the semi-arid Mbeere South of Embu County, just a few months after Equity Bank opened a ... Show more

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Apr 06

Revealed: Sh75 billion tax stalls M-Pesa's split from Safaricom: Telco has been under pressure to separate its lucrative mobile money unit from its telcoms ...

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Washington Akumu: A gentleman who stretched the limits of business journalism: As a writer, Washington remains one of the finest business journalists to feature ...

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Apr 06

Nonini, Willis Raburu, Them Mushrooms: How artistes are cashing in on copyright fights

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Mar 22

Telkom loses 2.1 million mobile customers as rivals gain: Telkom's revenues dip as its struggles to keep pace with competitors.

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Mar 21

Mulot sim swappers: Fraud case collapses over Safaricom, Airtel data delays: Prosecution unable to obtain crucial details from telecommunication companies.

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Mar 20

M-Pesa tops brands loved by women, survey shows: M-Pesa, Safaricom and Equity Bank are the top three most loved brands by women in Kenya.

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Mar 21

Eight teams to battle for Central Chapa Dimba glory: Winners in the boys’ and girls' categories will represent the region in the national finals set for ...

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Mar 26

Sanda Ojiambo: The boss lady taking the global stage at UN: A gender-balanced table makes more inclusive decisions, resulting in better business outcomes.

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Mar 20

Safaricom eyes more revenues in Longhorn-backed school tablets deal: Longhorn Publishers through LoHo Learning has partnered with Safaricom to launch a new ...

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Mar 06

Safaricom Ethiopia set to surpass Kenyan operations: Safaricom Ethiopia is on track to surpass its Kenyan lead office in the next few years ...

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Mar 24

Why banks will now pay fines for not refunding money paid to wrong M-Pesa till numbers

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Mar 19

8 football teams from the Central region will participate in the Safaricom Chapa Dimba competition at Wanguru stadium on Saturday and Sunday after which the 16 ... Show more

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Feb 27

Ghosts of Safaricom IPO refunds haunt Citibank 16 years later: Post-IPO was a not-so-happy period for several investors. To date, some 16 years later ...

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Feb 14

Safaricom to deduct 9 percent Excise Duty from customers' approved M-shwari loans before disbursement, effective Tuesday, February 20, 2024.

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Feb 23

Unlocking the power of AI with Safaricom in a compelling presentation, the tech team showcased seamless ways to integrate AI into daily business processes ... Show more #NationDigitalSummit

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Feb 23

George Njuguna, CIO of Safaricom, took us on an inspiring journey into the future of AI. His insights on leveraging AI to propel Kenya and Africa forward show ... Show more #NationDigitalSummit

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Feb 27

Fuliza edges rivals to get a firm grip on micro loans: Other lenders have been gradually exiting the microloan segment after Fuliza’s entry.

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Feb 27

Telcos boon as State widens cashless payment scheme : M-Pesa’s leading market share promises to make it the outright beneficiary of the government’s push for ...

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Feb 20

KBL, Safaricom give Sh40m for Kenya Open: Competition runs from Thursday to Sunday at Muthaiga Golf Club.

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Feb 20

Pursuing a Stem course? These great women can inspire you: They have gone before you and cracked the code; and you can too.

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Feb 08

M-Pesa agent charged with withholding Sh392,000 mistakenly sent to her account: The suspect allegedly switched off her line after receiving the cash.

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Feb 06

Safaricom tightens its grip on M-Pesa flows to curb dirty cash: Telco will no longer allow its customers to transfer funds from M-Pesa to unregistered mobile ...

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Feb 13

Why NSE-listed firms are snubbing ‘bonus shares’: Firms listed on NSE last year avoided bonus share schemes to shareholders.

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Feb 10

“No matter what you have studied technology will have a big impact on your future.” Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa urges students to be aware of how technology ... Show more

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Feb 03

Safaricom has said that its customers will not be able to send money to unregistered users as has been the case. In a statement the telco said that registered ... Show more

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Jan 23

Safaricom notifies customers of service intermittency affecting Paybill payments, says issue being resolved.

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Jan 15

Boostika: Equity now launches its version of Fuliza: Equity’s Boostika allows customers to overdraw their accounts by up to Sh100,000 to complete transactions.

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Jan 09

M-PESA DELAYS: Safaricom informs customers of technical issue affecting its mobile money service, says resolution underway.

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Feb 01

End of the road for magistrate’s fake boyfriend: The magistrate says her callers kept asking why her boyfriend kept receiving her calls ...

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Jan 12

Safaricom and partners to back local startups: Safaricom, M-PESA Africa, and Sumitomo Corporation have launched an accelerator programme for fintech and content ...

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Jan 25

MPs summon Safaricom and CA chief over M-Pesa outage Show more

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Jan 27

The rise in the cost of essential commodities has forced workers to cut back spending on non-essential items such as beer and airtime ... Show more

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Feb 01

7 ways to increase your Fuliza limitow.ly/V2Bi50QwALo

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Jan 22

You can't hear me? The problem with your phone network: Only eight out of Kenya’s 47 counties on average enjoy the industry-set quality of services from ...

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Jan 11

The outrage of shopping with nothing but your phone, on a day of Mpesa outage: I hope Safaricom will learn to upgrade their systems at night time, not daytime ...

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Jan 03

Mobile cash transactions drop for the first time ever bit.ly/3NQzIyV

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Airtel gains voice market share as Safaricom dropsbit.ly/3RDW6g1

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Jan 10

Kenya’s biggest telco Safaricom faces regulatory investigations and a stiff financial penalty after M-Pesa outages left their customers stranded without ... Show more

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Jan 14

Safaricom braces for impact as ongoing Ethiopia crisis persist. Show more

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Jan 10

How customers were left stranded in Mpesa glitch: System unexpectedly failed, disrupting thousands of transactions. Residents blame Safaricom for not alerting ...

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Dec 11 23

Businesses tap Sh13 billion Fuliza ya Biashara loans in five months : The rising uptake points to increasing popularity of the overdraft facility.

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Dec 21 23

It's been two years since Safaricom entered Ethiopia's telecoms sector, and with investor appetite waning, it remains the only company so far to be granted a ... Show more

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Dec 17 23

Bomet SIM swap fraud: Ten suspects arrested: The suspects had 14 unused SIM cards, nine used Safaricom SIM cards and 11 national identity cards.

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Dec 21 23

This is how I conquered the harsh, political nature of the corporate world: Sarah is the CEO of Safaricom Investment Co-operative Society, a company that pursues ...

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Dec 06 23

Is Kenya's scratch cards business on its deathbed?: Mobile phone users have over time subconsciously ditched the traditional culture of purchasing physical ...

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Dec 19 23

Safaricom's Ethiopia struggle deters potential telecoms investors

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Dec 07 23

Safaricom witness says Obado was in Nairobi during Sharon's murder Show more

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Dec 12 23

‘My passion for sign language has seen me excel at Safaricom’: Ms Barugu can communicate effectively with hearing-impared customers yet she has no formal ...

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Jan 09

Kenya: M-Pesa Services Back After Experiencing Downtime: Safaricom's M-MPesa, the mobile phone-based money transfer service application is after over two ...

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Dec 13 23

How Safaricom’s engineering talent pipeline is helping to tackle unemployment: The telco’s drive to build skills and create jobs kicked off after it initiated an ...

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Nov 20 23

Airtel, Telkom and Jamii gang up to force 29pc call tariff cut : Communications Authority of Kenya has capped the MTRs and FTRs at 41 cents per minute from 58 ...

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Dec 10 23

Safaricom has often opposed the planned split, arguing that it would force it to create a new company to run M-Pesa, with the new entity taking with it both ... Show more

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Nov 28 23

Sakaja Cup enters crucial stage: The inter-constituency matches will be played on Thursday, and on Sunday.

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Nov 18 23

Sh2 billion loss: Inside Safaricom fresh battle for interconnection fees : Safaricom estimates that the annual loss from the lower interconnection fees is about ...

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Nov 18 23

Kenyans to enjoy low calling rates from March 2024: CA capped MTRs and FTRs at Sh0.41 per minute from Sh0.58 for all telecommunication companies which will come ...

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Dec 28 23

ANALYSIS: Unverifiable? M-Pesa, Kenya’s famous mobile money innovation has a beautiful story, but some claims are fuzzy

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Nov 28 23

Why telcos face more regulatory scrutiny on service agreements: Pressure especially on smaller MNOs to explore new ways in which costs of investment can be ...

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Nov 20 23

Mobile phone users to get lower call rates as CA slashes charges: The regulator declared a 30 per cent reduction in the rate from 0.59 per minute to 0 ...

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Dec 08 23

Wife of banker facing charges before US court accuses Kenya police, civil society of failing to help her

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Nov 09 23

Kenya's Safaricom's H1 core profit drops by nearly a fifth: Kenya's biggest telecoms operator Safaricom (SCOM.NR) reported on Thursday a 19 ...

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Nov 01 23

Smartphone plant roars to life as Safaricom asks for subsidy: The Safaricom-led consortium assembling smartphones in Kenya has asked Ruto’s administration for ...

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Oct 22 23

Safaricom launches Gen Z app “Get Hook’: Safaricom, Kenya

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Oct 19 23

Ruaraka woman accused of transferring Sh120,000 from friend's M-Pesa account

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Oct 11 23

"At Safaricom, our dedication to data is driving innovative business solutions. Leveraging data insights, we're empowering businesses to thrive and ... Show more #Amta23 #Amta2023

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Oct 09 23

Safaricom halves suppliers as spending breaches Sh100bn: Safaricom more than halved the number of suppliers in the six years to March this year.

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Oct 06 23

Peculiar habits? Kenyans dial 130m reverse calls in one year: Reverse call service was introduced in 2019 to enable callers to transfer the charges to receivers.

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Oct 12 23

Don’t miss our thought-provoking panel discussions today at the Afrika Mashariki Transport Awards & Expo! Engage with industry experts, share insights ... Show more #AMTA23 #PanelDiscussion #AMTA2023

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Oct 09 23

Kenyans borrow Sh20 billion airtime in four months: This points to a growing over-reliance on credit facilities amid biting economic times.

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Oct 11 23

Panelists for the Theme: Celebrating Excellence in the Transport Industry. Moderator: @brayan_muchiri, NTV Kenya. From LEFT: 1. Eng ... Show more #Amta23 #Amta2023

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Oct 13 23

Murder suspect Robert Kinusi has case to answer: The Mombasa High Court has ruled that Robert Kinisu Waliaula, in the news for the bizarre murders of two women ...

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Sep 22 23

Kenya's Safaricom Sued Over Alleged Intellectual Property Breach: The country's largest mobile operator Safaricom has failed to stop the hearing of the ...

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Sep 05 23

Kenya's Safaricom signs $103 mln loan for sustainable projects: Kenyan telecoms firm Safaricom (SCOM.NR) has signed a loan deal worth 15 billion shillings ($102 ...

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Sep 20 23

Fact check: Are trending hashtags targeting big companies sponsored?: Since January this year, the Nation has attempted to track and analyse hashtags targeting ...

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Aug 18 23

From Safaricom's M-Pesa mobile money service going live in Ethiopia to a senior Madagascan official getting arrested in the UK ... Show more

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Sep 01 23

The fierce battle for Kenya’s Sh21.7bn daily mobile money payments: The growing popularity of mobile money has unleashed a spirited competition between Mpesa and ...

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