Safaricom’s AGM on 31 July will formalise who really controls East Africa’s biggest operator.
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Vodacom Group has completed the acquisition of an additional interest in Safaricom, taking majority control.
MTN and Vodacom together move over $1-trillion through mobile money – but their fintech playbooks are diverging.
Kenya’s high court has blocked the 15% Safaricom stake sale to Vodacom, pending a constitutional challenge.
Vodacom and MTN groups’ fintech arms now process a combined value of over $1-trillion/year in transactions.
Egypt and Safaricom drove a 22.9% jump in headline earnings as the South African business posted only modest growth.
Airtel Africa has delayed its mobile money initial public offering to late 2026, citing war-driven margin pressures.
Only two mobile network operators in Africa have been recognised in Opensignal’s latest annual global awards.
For years, Vodacom Group was viewed primarily as a telecoms operator with an interesting side business in mobile money.
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