{"id":1105,"date":"2025-06-15T10:36:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T10:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africansecuritiesexchange.com\/companies\/?page_id=1105"},"modified":"2025-06-16T08:50:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T08:50:11","slug":"safaricom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africansecuritiesexchange.com\/companies\/safaricom\/","title":{"rendered":"Safaricom"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"page\" data-elementor-id=\"1105\" class=\"elementor elementor-1105\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c19b53 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"3c19b53\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-title\">COMPANY PROFILE <\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-number-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-prefix\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number\" data-duration=\"\" data-to-value=\"\" data-from-value=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-suffix\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ab9181 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ab9181\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>COMPANY PROFILE\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b33a241 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b33a241\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Company Name:<\/strong> Safaricom Plc<\/p><ul><li><strong>Parent Company:<\/strong> Partially owned by Vodacom Group and the Government of Kenya<\/li><li><strong>Industry:<\/strong> Telecommunications, Mobile Money, Digital Services<\/li><li><strong>Operating Income:<\/strong> ~$1.3 billion USD (FY2023)<\/li><li><strong>Year Established:<\/strong> 1997<\/li><li><strong>Headquarters:<\/strong> Nairobi, Kenya<\/li><li><strong>Markets:<\/strong> Kenya, Ethiopia<\/li><\/ul><hr \/><h4><strong>Leadership<\/strong><\/h4><ul><li><strong>CEO Name:<\/strong> Peter Ndegwa<\/li><\/ul><hr \/><h4><strong>Company Overview<\/strong><\/h4><ul><li><strong>Company Description:<\/strong><br \/>Safaricom Plc is Kenya\u2019s largest telecommunications provider and a pioneer in mobile financial services. It is best known for <strong>M-Pesa<\/strong>, a revolutionary mobile money service used widely across Africa. Safaricom dominates Kenya\u2019s telecom space with services ranging from voice and data to fintech and digital content. It recently expanded operations to Ethiopia in partnership with Vodacom and Sumitomo.<\/li><\/ul><hr \/><h4><strong>Industry<\/strong><\/h4><p>Telecommunications and fintech, with integrated services in mobile networks, digital payments, data, enterprise solutions, and content services.<\/p><hr \/><h4><strong>Subsidiaries<\/strong><\/h4><ul><li>Safaricom Ethiopia<\/li><li>M-Pesa Africa<\/li><li>Safaricom Investment Cooperative<\/li><li>Masoko (e-commerce platform)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE\u00a0 Company Name: Safaricom Plc Parent Company: Partially owned by Vodacom Group and the Government of Kenya Industry: Telecommunications, Mobile Money, Digital Services Operating Income: ~$1.3 billion USD (FY2023) Year Established: 1997 Headquarters: Nairobi, Kenya Markets: Kenya, Ethiopia Leadership CEO Name: Peter Ndegwa Company Overview Company Description:Safaricom Plc is Kenya\u2019s largest telecommunications provider and a pioneer in mobile financial services. It is best known for M-Pesa, a revolutionary mobile money service used widely across Africa. Safaricom dominates Kenya\u2019s telecom space with services ranging from voice and data to fintech and digital content. It recently expanded operations to Ethiopia in partnership with Vodacom and Sumitomo. Industry Telecommunications and fintech, with integrated services in mobile networks, digital payments, data, enterprise solutions, and content services. Subsidiaries Safaricom Ethiopia M-Pesa Africa Safaricom Investment Cooperative Masoko (e-commerce platform)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_canvas","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritiesexchange.com\/companies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritiesexchange.com\/companies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritiesexchange.com\/companies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritiesexchange.com\/companies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritiesexchange.com\/companies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1105"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritiesexchange.com\/companies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1108,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritiesexchange.com\/companies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105\/revisions\/1108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritiesexchange.com\/companies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritiesexchange.com\/companies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africansecuritiesexchange.com\/companies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}