First ever Kenyan CEO takes charge of Safaricom
Peter Ndwega replaces Bob Collymore, who passed away in 2019...
Tag : Kenya
Kenya’s value of mobile money transfers increases 34% in Q4 2019
Safaricom’s M-Pesa has recorded market share of 98.8 percent, while Telkom’s T-cash recorded lowest of 0.07 percentage points...
Africa uses mobile money to curb the spread of the coronavirus
Safaricom removed all fees from its mobile-money platform, M-Pesa...
Kenya Airways to ground 90 percent of its fleet following Coronavirus threat
Kenya Airways has suspended international flights and plans to restrict operations for domestic flights following a state order...
Safaricom introduces zero transaction fees on M-Pesa
Kenya's banks and mobile money providers are pushing cashless payments to curb Covid-19...
Kenya Re to set up re-takaful unit in Egypt in 2021
The insurer increased its cash reserves through issuance of 2.099 billion of new shares...
Kenya’s Co-op Bank to acquire Jamii Bora as part of consolidation plans
The acquisition will strengthen Co-op Bank asset base to over Sh 462 billion...
Safaricom to diversify into energy, to supply power to the national grid
The telco could supply power to the national grid from solar and wind power plants at its base stations...
Localisation of Kenya’s SGR operations reach 80%
The SGR line was launched in 2014 to connect Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan...
Kenya Airways names its subsidiary Jumbojet’s head as new CEO
Allan Kilavuka was serving as the acting chief executive since the post became vacant...