Safaricom’s popular payments platform M-Pesa was offline on Thursday, causing significant disruption in the East African nation.
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Safaricom is encouraged by the positive outlook in Ethiopia and plans to start operations there this year, its CEO said.
Kenya’s biggest telecommunications operator has lowered its full-year forecast for earnings due to its investment in Ethiopia.
The Global Partnership for Ethiopia, the Safaricom-led consortium that won a licence to build a network in the East African nation, has appointed Anwar Soussa to lead the venture.
Safaricom of Kenya is holding talks with Amazon.com about the use of mobile money service M-Pesa on the e-commerce giant’s platform.
Kenya’s Safaricom posted a drop in its full-year core earnings as the impact of Covid-19 cut revenue from financial services and calls, though it predicted a recovery based on second-half numbers.
Kenya’s biggest company by market value, Safaricom, appointed Peter Ndegwa as CEO from 1 April 2020, amid plans for regional expansion and rising competition at home.