Sitoyo Lopokoiyit joins Absa after 15 years at Safaricom

Sitoyo Lopokoiyit has landed a new job at Absa Group in executive leadership changes aimed at…

M-PESA opens NSE share trading to Kenyans without need for CDS account

Kenyans can now buy and sell shares of companies listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange using…

Safaricom to pay interim dividends next month

You need to be on the Safaricom shareholder register by 26th February 2026, if you are…

Safaricom crowns final Shangwe @25 millionaire

Fidel Mwendwa, a 25-year-old mechanic from Kitui, has been announced as the 25th millionaire of the Safaricom…

Safaricom enterprise customer rewarded 27 tuk tuks and restocking

As part of the ongoing Shangwe @25 national promotion, Safaricom has rewarded twenty seven enterprise customers…

Safaricom creates 25 millionaires as Shangwe @25 promotion concludes

Safaricom has unveiled the final five winners of Ksh 1 million in its Shangwe @25 nationwide…

Safaricom tops the leaderboard at final leg of PGK Equator Tour

Professional golfers are battling for crucial qualification points as the PGK Equator Tour enters its final…

Five Kenyans each pocket Ksh 1 million as Shangwe @25 draws to final week

Five more winners of Ksh 1 million in the Safaricom Shangwe @25 national consumer promotion, bringing…

Security guard is the 15th millionaire in Safaricom Shangwe @ 25 Promotion

Geoffrey Kipkoech, a 49-year-old security guard from Gachie, is the latest Ksh 1 million winner in…

Why Safaricom has been named the top employer in Kenya

Safaricom has been named Kenya’s No. 1 Employer and a Top Employer in Kenya and Africa…

Regulators in Kenya endorse Safaricom stake sale to Vodacom

Regulators have welcomed the sale of 15% stake in Safaricom held by the government of Kenya,…

Safaricom recognised for its environmental transparency

Safaricom PLC has been listed on CDP’s (formerly the Climate Disclosure Project) “A-List”, positioning the telco…

Mbadi explains why Kenya is selling 15% stake in Safaricom to Vodacom

The government will retain a material investment in Safaricom and reduce the risk of its shares…

CMA licenses Airtel Money and M-PESA as market intermediaries

Airtel Money Kenya and M-PESA have been licensed by the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) to operate…

How M-PESA transaction propelled tuk-tuk driver into a millionaire

Joseph Ndung’u, a 27-year-old tuk-tuk driver from Kisauni, Mombasa County, is the latest Ksh 1 million…

Safaricom tailors deals for taxi hailing drivers and riders

Safaricom, in partnership with taxi hailing companies, hosted drivers and riders to an event focused on…

How Safaricom is supporting businesses to be cyber secure

By Frankline Okata Imagine this, It is 7:00 a.m. The operations team walks in, coffee cups…

Five winners join millionaires list under Shangwe @25 promotion

Five more Kenyans have won Ksh 1 million each, bringing the total number of millionaires created…

Safaricom lists Kenya’s largest green bond on the NSE

Safaricom has formally listed its Ksh 20 billion Green Bond under its Medium-Term Note (MTN) programme…

Safaricom awards 25 businesses in ongoing Shangwe @25 promotion

Safaricom has feted the first batch of enterprise winners, comprising 25 business customers, in the ongoing…

Why Airtel Money is customising an overdraft service

Airtel Money is finalising processes for the launch a new overdraft facility in Kenya as the…

Standard Bank to support Safaricom expand network in Ethiopia

Standard Bank, trading as Stanbic in Kenya, has sealed a deal to offer USD 138 million…

How Airtel Money is winning over customers through affordability

Airtel Money has experienced a steady growth in Kenya, with the number of subscribers surging from…

Medic wins Ksh 1 million in Safaricom’s Shangwe @ 25 promotion

Thirty-nine-year-old Wellington Juma found himself answering a phone call that changed his life for the better.…

Poultry farmer crowned eighth millionaire in Safaricom Shangwe @25 promotion

In the quiet village of Masare, in Bomet County, 25-year-old Sheila Cheptoo rises early before sunrise. The…

Safaricom green bond over-scribed by 176%, nets Ksh 41.4 billion

Safaricom has received applications totalling Ksh 41.6 billion for the first tranche of its Medium-Term Note,…

Nine conditions Vodacom must meet after buying Safaricom stake

The Government of Kenya has secured the following undertakings from Vodacom, insofar as possible in its…

Safaricom partners with Vivo Energy Kenya to offer fuel discounts

Safaricom has partnered with Vivo Energy Kenya to offer motorists discounts of Ksh 2 per litre…

Tracking Safaricom’s key developments since its founding in 1997

When Safaricom was founded in 1997 as a small department within Telkom Kenya, few could have…

Why Safaricom has floated Ksh 15 billion five-year bond

Safaricom is in the capital markets seeking to raise Ksh 15 billion, with a green shoe…

How telecommunication network has introduced e-learning in Isiolo

With the Competence Based Curriculum (CBC) heavily reliant on electronic learning, access to a telecommunication network…

How setting up network coverage in Sabarei has enhanced security

Imagine being 900 kilometres away from Nairobi, in a remote area with cases of bandit attacks,…

How Digifarm’s Jipange Cash Advance is supporting smallholder tea farmers

Safaricom’s flagship Agritech platform, DigiFarm, has launched Jipange Cash Advance to support smallholder tea farmers access funds before their factory payments. …

Safaricom crowns sixth millionaire under Shangwe @25 promotion

For 25-year-old Abdi Dahir, a humble turn boy from Garissa, life has always been about survival…

Safaricom Connect Academy Cohort 1 graduates secure early job placements

Connect Academy has held its inaugural graduation ceremony for its first cohort of 48 students. The…

Safaricom floats Ksh 15 billion tax-exempt green bond

Safaricom has floated the first Ksh 15 billion tranche of its Ksh 40 billion domestic medium-term…

UK-educated Kenyan alumni showcase growing impact at ‘Opportunities Unlocked’ event

The British Council Kenya convened UK-educated Kenyan professionals at the ‘Opportunities Unlocked’ event, highlighting the increasing…

Safaricom awards four millionaires under Shangwe @25 promotion

Safaricom has unveiled four new millionaires in the ongoing Shangwe @25 consumer promotion, bringing the total…

Why when you die, your M-PESA balance doesn’t automatically go to your loved ones

There’s an old expression that says “You can’t take it with you.” In layman’s terms what…

The inside story of the M-PESA idea that shaped mobile money

As the team at Safaricom was working on the product that would eventually become M-PESA, they…

Airtel Kenya rattles data market with cheaper 5G home fibre plans

Airtel Kenya has quietly launched high-speed home fibre internet products, marking its entry into the fixed…

Safaricom cybersecurity summit 2025 champions digital trust

Safaricom has hosted the Safaricom Cybersecurity Summit 2025 bringing together business leaders, government representatives, regulators and…

Safaricom profit up 52.1% after Ethiopian subsidiary narrows losses

Safaricom Ethiopia narrowed its half year losses by 20.1% to Ksh 15.5 billion, helping boost the…

How Microsoft is connecting Africa to opportunities by closing the digital divide

Africa has the opportunity to reshape its economic future by becoming an active participant in the…

Safaricom picked as Meta’s landing partner in new submarine cable

Meta has sealed a deal with Safaricom to bring its second submarine cable to Kenya. Through…

Safaricom Business gears up for Cybersecurity Summit 2025

Safaricom Business has hosted an exclusive cybersecurity session offering insights into how Safaricom’s Managed Security Operations…

Safaricom unveils Spark Accelerator Cohort II to drive growth

Safaricom has unveiled the 10 startups who are finalists of the second cohort of the Spark…

Safaricom upgrades M-PESA to handle 6,000 transactions per second

Safaricom is upgraded M-PESA introducing Fintech 2.0, a next-generation core platform designed to strengthen resilience, expand…

Why all M-PESA services will be unavailable on Monday morning

Safaricom has scheduled a system maintenance for M-PESA early Monday morning that will affect services. The…

Understanding how the M-PESA system works

Every second, thousands of Kenyans send and receive money, pay for goods, access loans, or settle…