SAFARICOM PLC
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2024-11-26 (tv47.digital)
KRU lands Ksh90 million sponsorship deal with MPESA
Safaricom and the Kenya Rugby Union have reached an agreement for a two-year sponsorship arrangement for Ksh 90 million through MPESA.
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2024-11-13 (connectingafrica.com)
Safaricom pens cloud deal with AWS
Safaricom will become both a customer and a reseller of Amazon Web Services cloud services in East Africa.
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2024-10-22 (nairobitimez.co.ke)
SAFARICOM DEFENDS CONTROVERSIAL SH104 BILLION SHIF ROLLOUT TENDER.
BY SAM ALFAN. Safaricom has defended a multi-billion tender for the supply of a platform to be used the provision of the Universal Health Care arguing that deal was above board. Defending the Sh104 billion tender, the telco denied claims by Busia Senator Okiyah Omtatah that the procurement was
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2024-10-12 (connectingafrica.com)
Omdia View: September 2024
September 2024's telecom highlights in the Middle East and Africa included 5G advances in South Africa and Congo-Brazzaville, new services for M-Pesa mobile money in Kenya, and a major hybrid financing deal for Ooredoo Group to support its data center and AI growth.
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2024-10-11 (connectingafrica.com)
Safaricom, Google partner to boost content creation on YouTube
Kenyan telecommunications operator Safaricom has signed a deal with Google to promote YouTube shorts on the platform.
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2024-10-05 (nation.africa)
Why Ruto’s four key plans are facing opposition in Parliament
MPs are calling for intense scrutiny of four major deals worth billions, including the Sh230 bn Adani Holdings deal.
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2024-10-01 (tuko.co.ke)
Okiya Omtatah Moves to Court to Stop SHIF, Quash Govt Deal with Safaricom-Led Consortium
Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah and two other petitioners have filed a legal challenge to halt launch of SHIF and nullify government deal with the Safaricom Consortium
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2024-09-26 (techfocus24.com)
Safaricom chair defends $800mn health contract amid conflict of interest
The chair of Safaricom, Adil Khawaja, has defended the telco’s involvement in an $800 million government contract to digitise the country’s health systems.This is even as opposition politicians alleged a conflict of interest over his law firm Dentons HHM’s role in the deal.Safaricom, K
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2024-09-26 (standardmedia.co.ke)
We smell a rat: MPs raise alarm over Sh104.8b new health IT deal
Members of Parliament have raised concern over the Ministry of Health’s procurement of a Sh104.8 billion Integrated Healthcare Information Technology System
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