All Safaricom articles – Page 6
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Innovation (R&D)Safaricom sets up unit to find ‘next big things’ in digital
New innovation team within Digital IT function tasked with driving digital services user base towards two million mark.
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Strategy & ChangeSafaricom-backed Circle Gas eyes African and Asian markets
Purveyor of wireless-enabled LPG cooking looks to scale platform to Nigeria, neighbouring markets of Kenya and Tanzania, and Asian countries such as Bangladesh and Vietnam.
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OperationsM-PESA set for Ethiopian expansion
Move finally set to go ahead after significant delays.
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Products & ServicesM-PESA leads growth in real time A2A transactions
Account‑to‑account payments now make up 72% of total transactions in Kenya.
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Public AffairsVodafone’s Read on a mission to get everyone a smartphone
Group CEO Nick Read joins UN and ITU in push to improve access to affordable smartphones in poor countries.
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PremiumElsewhere in Vodafone Africa: STE strikes deal with IPDC to build Addis Ababa data centre
Vodafone Foundation commits to national expansion of maternal health programme; M‑PESA leads growth in real‑time A2A transactions.
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Strategy & ChangeSafaricom’s M-PESA will be ‘standalone entity’
M-money business will reportedly separate in coming months.
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PremiumElsewhere in Vodafone Africa: BII commits $76m (£67m/€76m) to African Infrastructure Fund
Vodacom fibre customers suffer third‑party data breach; Vodacom broadens burgeoning financial services portfolio with new short‑term loan offering.
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PremiumVodafone people moves: top team rejig in Netherlands
VodafoneZiggo’s changing management sees new consumer and strategy leadership installed.
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OperationsSafaricom’s long-awaited Ethiopian network begins pilot
Dire Dawa test-run represents “important milestone”.
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PeopleSafaricom draws AT&T talent to lead B2B
CEO Peter Ndegwa’s executive overhaul continues with the appointment of Cynthia Karuri-Kropac as Chief Enterprise Business Officer.
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OperationsCircle Gas ‘healthy and growing’ despite challenges and CEO exit
Safaricom-backed scale-up flags progress in international expansion of connected, pay-as-you-go cooking fuel proposition.
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PremiumVodafone people moves: Vi’s transformation rolls on
Senior Vi changes continue, with a fresh Operations Director from Bharti Airtel to join the new CEO.
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PeopleSafaricom names new chair as Joseph turns to Ethiopia
Michael Joseph steps down to director role to enable greater focus on “crucial” early years in Ethiopia.
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Strategy & ChangeSafaricom spreads out on fibre, targets seven-figure connections
Kenyan operator wants to grow its FTTP/FTTB footprint by five times in mid to long term.
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Partnerships & AlliancesSafaricom works Vodafone links to expand in IoT
Link-ups formed with Innovus and IoT.nxt in bid to kickstart IoT business.
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PremiumElsewhere in Vodafone Africa: Safaricom tackles fraud
Safaricom takes action to tackle fraudulent cash reversals on M‑PESA.
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PremiumVodafone people moves: HR operations change hands
James McGill takes human resources remit from Bernd Flossbach amid HR changes across Group and subsidiaries.
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Strategy & ChangeSafaricom eyes African deals to “turbocharge” fintech play
Kenyan operator on lookout for acquisition opportunities to fuel expansion of M-PESA footprint and broaden out its digital services portfolio.
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Network & InfrastructureSafaricom Ethiopia ready to launch network in August
Phased rollout planned for 25 cities by April 2023.