Over the years, businesses have become key to delivering the UN Sustainable Development Goals through innovative solutions and strategic partnerships. In Kenya, Safaricom has been at the forefront of embedding sustainability into its goals and corporate missions by addressing its processes’ environmental and social impacts. This has been manifested in several sustainable initiatives the company has undertaken, such as co-creating and developing meaningful products and services that deliver social impact, unlock new opportunities and align with its priority SDGs. Safaricom’s 2022 Sustainable Business Report shows that the company has significantly impacted health, education, agriculture, and humanitarian solutions. This was underpinned…
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Korir Issa
IK, a Masinde Muliro University grad, tackles social justice through journalism. He analyses news and writes on women's rights, politics, technology, law, and global affairs.
There are several ways you can register your SIM card or update your details. You can visit the nearest Safaricom shop with your ID, use an online registration platform, or use MySafaricom App.
The Cyber Mentorship Program will be run by Standard Chartered in collaboration with Strathmore University (@iLabAfrica Research and Innovation Centre) and is open to women applicants from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
Showmax and Vision Plus partner to offer customers three months of streaming upon purchase of Vision Smart TVs. This deal is valid for the next two years, from September 2022.
The CBK estimates a wider current account deficit at the end of the 2022 calendar year at an equivalent 5.9 per cent of GDP on account of higher international oil prices.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) plans to inject up to $ 160 million in equity into telecoms firm Safaricom Ethiopia. The World Bank’s private sector lending said in a disclosure that the funds will support Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia private limited company (STE) which targets to build, own and operate a nationwide public telecommunication network in the country. “IFC intends to provide a loan of up to USD 100 million to fund the operating company’s investment programme,” IFC said. “The project aims to support the transformation of a series of SDG verticals via the provision of advanced telecom services dedicated to…