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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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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 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 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…
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 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…