SAFARICOM PLC
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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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2025-03-07 (ecofinagency.com)
Ethiopia: Safaricom Partners with Health Ministry to Digitize Healthcare Payments -
Digital payments increase transparency and efficiency, reducing fraud, delays, and corruption in medical payments. Safaricom M-PESA Ethiopia, in collaboration with other financial service providers, has partnered with the Federal Ministry of Health to introduce a secure and scalable digital payment system for the healthcare sector. This initiative, announced on March...
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2025-03-04 (biznakenya.com)
Saccos that have lost money in KUSCCO; the millions they had invested
The Saccos have made partial or full provisions to cover for losses emanating from mega theft and misappropriation of money in KUSCCO
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2025-01-29 (kenyan-post.com)
JAYESH SAINI and Safaricom Chairman ADIL KHAWAJA are the men behind mega corruption scandals in Kenya – GACHAGUA drops a bombshell.
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 - Former Deputy resident Rigathi Gachagua has named the owner of Nairobi West and Lifecare Hospitals, Jayesh Saini, and Safaricom Ltd Board chairman Adil Khawaja as the main architects of corruption in the country.
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2024-12-20 (headlines.ng)
Safaricom accused of “business fraud” in dispute over $23.9m money market fund •
Genghis Capital, a Kenyan investment bank, has accused Safaricom of “business fraud” over the launch of a competing money market fund, Ziidi, which the telco rolled out in November 2024. The dispute centres on Safaricom’s alleged decision to stall the rollout of Mali, a fund launched in partnership with Genghis in 2020, and instead register the rival Ziidi product, approved by Kenya’s Continue reading on techcabal.com»
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2024-11-11 (africabriefing.com)
Kenya shuts down Telegram to curb exam fraud
KENYA’S Communications Authority (CA) has directed telecom operators to temporarily block Telegram in an effort to counter exam cheating. The restriction, targeting the popular messaging platform’ s accessibility during national examination hours, aims to prevent students from circulating answers
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2024-11-11 (thelagostoday.com)
Telegram Faces Potential Ban in Kenya Over Exam Cheating Concerns
On Friday, the internet watchdog group Netblocks reported disruptions to Telegram on Safaricom’s network, consistent with prior restrictions. This isn’t the
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2024-10-28 (mwakilishi.com)
M-Pesa Records First-Ever Agent Decline
Safaricom's pioneering mobile money service, M-Pesa, has recorded its first-ever decline in agent numbers following the implementation of a new geo-locking security measure. The policy, designed to combat fraud, restricts agents to operating their tills within specific geographical boundaries,
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2024-08-31 (pesacheck.org)
HOAX: This post purportedly issuing Safaricom loans is fraudulent
This Facebook post claiming that Kenyan telecommunications company Safaricom is issuing loans is a HOAX. “Safaricom loans now available to all Kenyans minimum 1,500 maximum 180, 000 apply now…
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2024-08-17 (businessinsider.com)
CMobile finance and cybersecurity awareness in Africa
While it's now easier for citizens in the Global South to save, spend, and send money via mobile phones, the rise in mobile payment fraud is a growing concern. The Global Findex 2021 report highlights significant growth in financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa, largely due to mobile money
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