Rank 06 ( Rank in 2023 , 04 ) Peter Ndegwa – CEO of Safaricom
East Africa Device Assembly Kenya company , a local handset assembly establishment in which Safaricom holds a 25 % stake , was launched with the devices set to become available countrywide at an entry price of just KES 7499 ( US $ 47 ).
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In Ethiopia , Safaricom was officially granted a license to operate mobile money services in the country , which formed a large part of the motivation behind the Kenyan operator ’ s participation in the process to acquire Ethiopia ’ s first private telco license in 2021 .
The mobile money license comes seven months after Safaricom ’ s commercial launch of GSM services in Ethiopia , opening the country up to its M-PESA mobile payment system , which is also the world ’ s largest .
At home in Kenya , Safaricom finalised the acquisition of the entire issued share capital in M- Pesa Holdings Ltd . from Vodafone International Holdings .
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Rank 06 ( Rank in 2023 , 04 ) Peter Ndegwa – CEO of Safaricom
East Africa Device Assembly Kenya company , a local handset assembly establishment in which Safaricom holds a 25 % stake , was launched with the devices set to become available countrywide at an entry price of just KES 7499 ( US $ 47 ).
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In Ethiopia , Safaricom was officially granted a license to operate mobile money services in the country , which formed a large part of the motivation behind the Kenyan operator ’ s participation in the process to acquire Ethiopia ’ s first private telco license in 2021 .
The mobile money license comes seven months after Safaricom ’ s commercial launch of GSM services in Ethiopia , opening the country up to its M-PESA mobile payment system , which is also the world ’ s largest .
At home in Kenya , Safaricom finalised the acquisition of the entire issued share capital in M- Pesa Holdings Ltd . from Vodafone International Holdings .