Kenya Telecoms News

April 2026 update, including: new AI Strategy Architect gets a wide-ranging transformation brief in India; Safaricom fills two-year IT Director vacancy; senior departures in business resilience, external affairs, and the Vodacom boardroom; Vodafone IoT Americas further strengthened; and more…

Peoplewatch

Vodafone Peoplewatch: IT and Networks leadership changes across Europe

March 2026 update, including senior IT, legal, and procurement appointments in Europe; integration impacts felt in the UK and Romania; Europe Cluster network operations lead picked from Vodafone Turkey; Safaricom targets fixed business…

Analyst Briefing

Vodafonewatch MWC roundup: satcomms centre stage; AI-RAN advancing

Analyst Briefing: Satcomms, D2D, edge compute, and AI-RAN were among the focus areas for Vodafone in Barcelona…

Analyst Briefing

Vodafonewatch: redrawing the European footprint (again)

Analyst Briefing: unerringly upbeat CEO Margherita Della Valle pitched German turnaround (again), UK merger integration (at pace), and more M&A (Ziggo, towers, and beyond). Elsewhere, Amdocs gets in on cable overhaul; Cornerstone considers micro-edge compute options …

Financial & Performance

Vodafone guidance: plenty of confidence in these ‘early days’

Q3 FY25–26: Vodafone set to come out of the year at the upper end of free cash flow and EBITDAaL guidance, with new CFO Pilar López picking up on the CEO’s positive view of things moving forward.

Financial & Performance

More of the same: Vodafone leans on outposts as core OpCos wobble

Q3 FY25–26: CEO Margherita Della continues to repeat optimism about the potential for a turnaround in Germany and progress in the UK, but Q3 earnings are yet to back her up in earnest. Wider European industry could be in for reform, however, and the CEO remains confident that Vodafone will be well placed to capitalise…

Peoplewatch

M-PESA boss exits for pan-Africa banking project

Sitoyo Lopokoiyit, who has led Africa’s largest m-money platform for six years, takes new Absa Group job.

Financial & Performance

Vodacom’s international OpCos brace for imminent slowdown

Q3 FY25–26: Regional operations perform well despite characteristic ‘emerging market’ challenges, while Vodafone Egypt charges on. Warnings from Vodafone HQ of an imminent fall-off in growth seem set to ring true, however…

Analyst Briefing

Vodafonewatch: rewiring Europe’s digital landscape

Analyst Briefing: Vodafone and European telco peers weigh up the implications the overhauled Cybersecurity Act and the all-new Digital Networks Act, reworking how the industry operates. Elsewhere, M&A in Europe and Africa; SpaceMobile ‘validated’ by gov contract win; and Turkey expands fibre reach with wholesale deal…

M&A

Kenyan lawmakers question Safaricom valuation ahead of stake sale

Vodacom’s plan to acquire a controlling stake in Kenya’s Safaricom has attracted fierce scrutiny, with MPs calling for a rethink to secure a fair price and protect against foreign interference…

Analyst Briefing

Vodafonewatch: M&A ripples in Europe, debt reprieve in India

Analyst Briefing: European M&A, some of Vodafone’s own making, shifts the Partner Markets landscape; AGR pressure lifted for Vi as India’s gov commits to reassessment; and reports suggest change in the office for OXG Glasfaser ownership…

Partnerships & Alliances

Airtel Africa looks to the stars for rural coverage with Starlink deal

Telco set to bring direct-to-device satellite services to customers in all of its markets, starting in 2026, with goal of boosting rural coverage. The move also sees Starlink continue to expand into Africa despite regulatory scrutiny in several markets…

Analyst Briefing

Vodafonewatch: Vodacom moves on East Africa

Analyst Briefing: strategic pivots in Europe and Africa as Vodacom picks up a controlling stake in Safaricom; Economy of Things JV Pairpoint makes steps to ‘new phase’ amid losses; and a Greek exec team overhaul completes the local OpCo’s ‘renewal’…

M&A

Vodacom seizes control of Safaricom in multibillion top-up

South African group bets on mobile money and Ethiopian growth engines as it secures majority stake in Kenya incumbent — as Nairobi government finally cedes economic control to Vodafone cabal…

M&A

Vodacom ‘keeping powder dry’ for fibre, data centre M&A opportunities

Q2/H1: CEO Shameel Joosub teases more deals and partnerships to come as South African fibreco deal nears completion, with more wireline infra and potential data centre tie-ups under consideration. While tower deals in Egypt are off the table, ears are open for a change at Safaricom…

Analyst Briefing

EMEA Infrawatch: satcos look towards future tech; telcos adjust to infra competition

Latest on EMEA digital infra: Vodafone ‘finding its niche’ in subsea cables; SES charts course to launching satellite-based quantum services; Indus Towers eyes possible acquisitions to fuel African expansion; more…

Venturing & Investments

Impact investor STOA fuels Atlas Tower’s Kenyan expansion plans

Africa-focused, French infra fund backs growing tower operator, supporting build acceleration and sustainable energy efficiency initiatives…

Suppliers & SCM

Vodafone elects winning quartet in diluted RAN mega-tender

Vendor foursome reel off Vodafone RAN wins as the Group’s long-awaited Spring 6 procurement closes out, short of expectations but set to propel operator towards open RAN at scale by 2030.

Analyst Briefing

Vodafonewatch Analyst Briefing: local innovation paves way for regional network upgrades

Latest from Vodafone as the Group shouts about various innovative network initiatives with partners Nokia, Huawei, Samsung; and others; M&A completes in Romania ahead of integration programme kick-off; Telenor tapped for procurement savings; satco investment’s share price soars; more from Europe, Africa, India, elsewhere…

Analyst Briefing

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