Safaricom

Also known as Safaricom, Ltd.

Safaricom PLC is a listed Kenyan mobile network operator headquartered at Safaricom House in Nairobi, Kenya. It is the largest telecommunications provider in Kenya, and one of the most profitable companies in the East and Central Africa region. The company offers mobile telephony, mobile money transfer, consumer electronics, ecommerce, cloud computing, data, music streaming, and fibre optic services. It is most renowned as the home of M-PESA, a mobile banking SMS-based service. In 2025, Kagirison Research accused Safaricom managers and executives of involvement in crimes, including internation

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: business
Country: Kenya
Headquarters: Nairobi
Owned by: Vodacom
Employees: 3000
Legal form: joint-stock company
Official website: www.safaricom.co.ke

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inception: 1997-00-00
number of subscribers: 12000000
social media followers: 146000
operating area: Kenya
location information URL: www.safaricom.co.ke/customer-service

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Encyclopedic overview

18 sections

Contents

History
Flashback service (Please Call Me)
Kipokezi service
Lipa Mdogo Mdogo
M-PESA
History
How it works
M-Pesa's usage and success in Kenya
Safaricom and Visa partnership
South Africa
Tanzania
India
Shareholding
Controversies
Tracking and extra-judicial killings of Safaricom subscribers
Sim-card fraud
See also
References

* [Personal](https://www.safaricom.co.ke/personal)

* [Business](https://www.business.safaricom.co.ke/)

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