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Privatisation wave makes country of 120mn people a tempting target for digital services
Despite tantalising growth prospects, foreign operators have doubts over mobile money regulation and political stability
Telecoms group seeks to turn mobile payments unit into provider of wider services
A pioneering businessman who drove Kenya’s mobile money revolution
Longtime company head died this week after long battle with cancer
Executive oversaw remarkable growth at Kenya’s biggest telecoms company
Chief executive says the business has been transformative for the Kenyan company
Bob Collymore poised to step down from telecoms group after spell of robust growth
Kenyan telecoms operator targets relationship between conversations and transactions
National Super Alliance calls for boycott of three major businesses that ‘support’ president
Mobile operator targets east African neighbours but big prize would be Ethiopia
Latest step by UK telecoms group to simplify assets as talk continues of bigger deals
Kenyan operator resists calls for a separation of its mobile and Mpesa money services
Safaricom’s shift from voice to data service will keep up growth
Mobile operator sees non-voice services account for most of service revenue for first time
Mobile service allows people to send money and pay for goods
Head of Kenyan telecoms group ‘bemused’ by price war
New credit scoring enables small businesses to access financing more easily
Mpesa money platform helps drive rise in profits at Kenya’s dominant telecoms operator
The country has had to rely on ingenuity, not commodities, to keep ticking over
In regions where energy supply is at a premium, Kenyan company breeds appetite for solar power
Newcomers search for innovative ways to reach their customers
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