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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Recent Articles about SAFARICOM PLC
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2025-02-27 (thekenyatimes.com)
Safaricom Fined After Becton Dickinson Shares Ex-Employee ID
Telecommunication giant, Safaricom and healthcare product dealer, Becton Dickinson (BD) East Africa have been fined Ksh 250,000 each for a data breach.
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2024-09-05 (hapakenya.com)
M-PESA Foundation to pay Ksh. 6.4 Million in taxes as Tax Appeals Tribunal dismisses appeal
KRA contended that the payments made by M-PESA Foundation to Safaricom Plc were contractual management or professional fees.
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2024-05-23 (cytonnreport.com)
Safaricom, Airtel Could Soon Pay Fines for Delaying Customer Care Calls
Telecommunications companies in Kenya could face regulatory fines if they take more than 15 seconds to answer customer care calls if the new draft regulations are approved.
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2024-01-17 (techcabal.com)
Safaricom avoids penalty despite poor service quality | TechCabal
Safaricom will not be fined by the ICT regulator because its overall QoS performance surpassed the 80% threshold.
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2024-01-17 (the-star.co.ke)
Airtel, and Telkom risk fines over poor signal - CA
Safaricom scored 90% way above KPI minimum of 80%
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2024-01-14 (businessdailyafrica.com)
Safaricom employee charged in Sh29m police sacco theft case
Mr Adoyo allegedly linked mobiles lines to sacco members' accounts to withdraw Sh12,954,937 of their savings through M-Pesa agents.
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2023-11-09 (techtrendske.co.ke)
Safaricom now has 1.2 million M-PESA customers in Ethiopia
Safaricom has now registered 1.2 million M-PESA customers since launching the mobile money service in the country in August this year.
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2022-12-06 (businessdailyafrica.com)
Telcos to pay up to Sh30 daily for dropped calls
<p>Telecom operators will pay customers up to Sh30 per day for dropped calls if Parliament adopts a revived Bill that imposes a penalty for voice service outages.</p><p></p>
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2022-07-15 (tuko.co.ke)
Airtel, Telkom Customers to Pay for Goods Using M-Pesa Pay Bill: "We're Closer to Realising Cashless Economy"
Kenya's telecommunication companies, Safaricom, Telkom and Airtel, have agreed to inter-operate mobile money payments across all networks using M-Pesa tills.
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2018-12-03 (qz.com)
Safaricom's M-Pesa connects with China's WeChat Pay
The service will likely help small-scale traders who have had to depend on middlemen to order goods or make payments on their behalf.
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2018-06-19 (techtrendske.co.ke)
Alipay and WeChat Pay expanding to Kenya. What does this mean for M-Pesa?
Even as we wait for WeChat Pay and Alipay payments to go live in a month's time, one question we should be asking ourselves is if indeed these new payments options are a threat to Safaricom’s M-pesa.
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2017-12-04 (cointelegraph.com)
Kenyan Police Arrest Bitcoin Traders Due to Alleged Banking Fraud
The Kenyan police have arrested three peer-to-peer Bitcoin brokers alleged for trading stolen money through the local trading platform LocalBitcoins.
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