SAFARICOM PLC
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1997-01-26
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This company is tracked across risk categories, including those related to its sector (e.g., Telephone Communications, Except Radiotelephone, Communications Services, Not Elsewhere Classified, Miscellaneous Retail Stores, Not Elsewhere Classified, Business Consulting Services, Not Elsewhere Classified), including supply chain integrity, ESG practices, labor disputes, and regulatory compliance.
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2024-02-26 (businessdailyafrica.com)
Fuliza craze squeezes rivals from microloans business
Other digital credit providers saw the number and total value of disbursements shrink while the average loan size for each of the respective providers increased.
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2023-07-05 (techarena.co.ke)
Airtel Set to Launch 5G Network in Kenya Tomorrow - TechArena
If you are an Airtel subscriber in Kenya, there is exciting news as the company is gearing up to launch its 5G network. Until now, Safaricom has held the monopoly on 5G in the country...
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2023-05-24 (weetracker.com)
Ethiopia Prepares To Issue New Telecoms License
The country looks to issue another telecoms operator license, after welcoming a consortium led by Kenyan mobile giant Safaricom...
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2023-05-12 (indiatimes.com)
Ethiopia grants mobile money licence to Kenya's Safaricom - ET Telecom
The announcement came seven months after Safaricom became the first private telecommunications operator in Ethiopia, ending a monopoly under state-owned Ethio Telecom.
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2023-05-11 (cointelegraph.com)
Safaricom M-Pesa receives Ethiopian mobile money license, ending state monopoly
The National Bank of Ethiopia has ended the state’s monopoly on mobile payment services by granting a license to Kenya-based operator Safaricom.
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2023-02-09 (africanews.com)
Ethio Telecom announces 45% stake sale | Africanews
In May 2021, a second cell phone license - ending Ethio Telecom's monopoly - had been granted to Kenyan operator Safaricom.
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2022-10-16 (tuko.co.ke)
Cherargei calls for end of Safaricom's monopoly after his sim-card was suspended
Nandi Senator Samson Chereragei took to his Twitter to complain about how the interference with his Safaricom sim card today had inconvenienced him. Read more
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2022-10-03 (itweb.co.za)
NCR split on the cards
NCR plans to separate into two independent, publicly traded companies – one focused on digital commerce, the other on ATMs.
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2022-04-19 (businessdailyafrica.com)
Safaricom unlocks towers sharing deal with Ethiopian rival ahead of launch
Under the deal, whose financial terms are yet to be publicly revealed, Ethio Telecom will provide Safaricom Ethiopia with access to cell sites, masts and other active elements such as network roaming.
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