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Mon, June 23rd 2014, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Safaricom offers developers platform for mobile app tests

Leading Kenyan operator Safaricom has unveiled a new platform for mobile phone application developers to test their applications by sending texts between a phone and an app programme hosted on the network. → Read more
Mon, June 16th 2014, 10:00 · Susan Mwenesi

55 students graduate from Safaricom Academy

A total of 55 students have graduated from the Safaricom Academy after a two-year Master’s Degree in Mobile Telecommunications and Innovation geared towards developing their leadership and entrepreneurial skills to meet the growing demand for innovative IT solutions. → Read more
Wed, June 11th 2014, 12:00 · Tom Jackson

OPINION: Safaricom reputation risks damage over frozen security contract

Kenya’s leading operator Safaricom must feel under attack from all sides at the moment. Challenged publicly over quality of service (QoS), its impending licence renewal and alleged anti-competitive practices, perhaps the greatest threat to its reputation stems from becoming embroiled in the latest government procurement controversy. → Read more
Mon, June 9th 2014, 16:00 · Susan Mwenesi

ICTAK wants Safaricom denied operating licence

The Information Communication Technology Association of Kenya (ICTAK) has written to the Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) asking it not to grant Safaricom’s request for an operating licence renewal. → Read more
Mon, June 9th 2014, 14:30 · Susan Mwenesi

Safaricom braced for CAK ruling opening up M-Pesa agency network

Leading Kenyan operator Safaricom has said it is braced for a ruling by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) on June 30 which may force it to open up its M-Pesa agency network to rivals Airtel, yuMobile and Orange. → Read more
Mon, June 9th 2014, 11:30 · Susan Mwenesi

Qatar Airways partners Safaricom for ticket payments

Qatar Airways has formed a strategic partnership with leading Kenyan operator Safaricom allowing passengers travelling to various destinations to pay for their air tickets using M-Pesa. → Read more
Mon, June 9th 2014, 09:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Safaricom welcomes parliamentary probe after tender suspension

Leading Kenyan operator Safaricom has welcomed a probe into the security communications tender awarded to the company after the Parliamentary Committee on Security and Administration suspended the project. → Read more
Fri, June 6th 2014, 10:30 · Susan Mwenesi

Parliament freezes Safaricom security tender

The Kenyan parliament has frozen the security contract awarded to Safaricom to supply of a national surveillance and communications system until an enquiry into the deal’s legality is completed. → Read more
Wed, June 4th 2014, 16:30 · Tom Jackson

Airtel reports Safaricom to Kenya’s Competition Authority

Airtel Kenya has asked the Competition Authority of Kenya to investigate Safaricom for alleged abuse of its position at the head of the East African country’s booming mobile money market. → Read more
Wed, June 4th 2014, 11:00 · Chris Udemans

Kenyan MPs question Safaricom’s surveillance contract

Kenyan members of parliament (MP) have questioned the tender process by which mobile operator Safaricom was awarded a project to build the country’s surveillance and communications system, saying they would block the request should it not be investigated. → Read more
Thu, May 22nd 2014, 16:30 · Chris Udemans

Safaricom’s M-Shwari has 7m subscribers

Over seven million subscribers are now using Kenyan mobile operator Safaricom’s microfinance platform M-Shwari, according to George Ndegwa from the operator’s financial services division. → Read more
Tue, May 20th 2014, 11:30 · Susan Mwenesi

Safaricom to terminate postpaid tariffs

Leading Kenyan operator Safaricom is set to terminate two of its postpaid tariffs due to their lack of profitability, affecting 14,000 subscribers. → Read more
Mon, May 19th 2014, 10:30 · Tom Jackson

Safaricom, Airtel acquisition of yuMobile would stifle competition – analyst

The proposed purchase of Kenyan operator yuMobile by larger rivals Safaricom and Airtel would reduce the country’s telecoms market to a duopoly scenario with a negative effect on competition, according to Danson Njue, research analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media. → Read more
Fri, May 16th 2014, 11:00 · Gabriella Mulligan

Kenyatta confirms Safaricom security system contract

The government of Kenya has officially announced a KSh12.3 billion (US$140.65 million) contract with local operator Safaricom for the installation of a state-of-the-art integrated security system across Nairobi and Mombasa, with president Uhuru Kenyatta demanding the system be completed “as soon as possible” as it is “necessary for the safety of our country”. → Read more
Thu, May 15th 2014, 12:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Matiangi moves to allay fears over Safaricom licence renewal

Kenya’s Ministry of ICT cabinet secretary Dr Fred Matiangi has assured the public the licence renewal of the country’s leading operator Safaricom is on course and will be completed once the company meets certain requirements set by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK). → Read more
Wed, May 14th 2014, 15:30 · Susan Mwenesi

Safaricom to develop $160m Kenyan security communications system

Leading Kenyan telecoms company Safaricom is finalising a deal that will see it contracted by the government to develop a KSh14 billion (US$160 million) sophisticated security communications system to combat terrorism. → Read more
Tue, May 13th 2014, 10:30 · Susan Mwenesi

CAK invites objections to Safaricom licence renewal

The Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) has called for objections to the renewal of leading telecoms service provider Safaricom’s licence, setting a one-month deadline for any opposition to declare itself. → Read more
Mon, May 12th 2014, 16:00 · Gabriella Mulligan

Safaricom posts 31% profit growth, promises Kenya’s biggest dividend payment

Kenya’s leading operator Safaricom has released its financial results for the year ended March 31, revealing 31 per cent growth in profits after tax and promising the largest dividend payment in Kenyan history. → Read more
Thu, May 8th 2014, 09:30 · Agatha Nduku

Safaricom, Airtel seek extension in talks over M-Pesa fees

Safaricom, Airtel and the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) have requested an extension to the deadline for them to complete negotiations for an out-of-court settlement of a case in which Airtel accused Safaricom of abusing its position as mobile money market leader. → Read more
Wed, May 7th 2014, 15:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Safaricom to pay musician $180k over illegal use of songs

Leading Kenyan operator Safaricom has settled a court case with local musician JB Maina, agreeing to pay KSh15.5 million (US$180,000) over the use of 10 of his songs for ringtones in its Skiza Tunes and Surf2Win promotion. → Read more