Safaricom

Safaricom PLC is a Kenyan listed mobile network operator with headquarters at Safaricom House in Nairobi, Kenya. It is the largest telecommunications provider in Kenya, and one of the most profitable in East and Central Africa. The company provides mobile telephony, mobile money transfer, consumer electronics, e-commerce, cloud computing, data, music streaming, and fiber optic services. It is most famous as the home of MPESA, a mobile banking SMS-based service.

Safaricom controls around 64.5% percent of the Kenyan market by 2020 with an estimated subscriber base of 35.6 million

They invest in a unique business way through purpose; to 'Transform Lives'. They seek to create opportunities for Kenyans to be part of the growth story by empowering them with the right tools for economic growth. The innovation “Simu ya Jamii” allows Kenyans to make money from operating small pay mobile phones.

They achieve their Transformational Life vision through a number of channels, but the source of their most influential transformation stories is the base station. They now have more than 4,000 towers connecting Kenyans from Turbo to Turkana with each one of these base stations having a unique story to tell.

Website: https://www.safaricom.co.ke/personal/

Headquarter: Safaricom House, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya

Subscriber: 33.1 billion