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Why Safaricom Investors Are Worried About M-Pesa in Ethiopia
The fundamental problem: Ethiopians are using M-Pesa for free transactions rather than fee-generating transfers and payments.
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Safaricom Ethiopia
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Safaricom Faces Explosive Market Abuse Claims as Ethiopia’s Telecom Giant Threatens Return to Monopoly
For Safaricom, the dispute threatens to tarnish its regional expansion strategy and raises uncomfortable questions about due diligence before entering one of Africa’s most challenging operating environments.
Business Unusual: M-Pesa App Blocked in Ethiopia As Safaricom Struggles To Penetrate Its New Market Amid War With Ethio Telecom
Back in Kenya, Safaricom built its near-monolithic empire, commanding 90.8 percent of the mobile money market as of the first quarter of 2025, through tactics now haunting its Ethiopian foray
Safaricom’s Ethiopian Humbling: The Telecoms Giant That Built an Empire on Rigging the Game Now Faces Real Competition
Safaricom Ethiopia, the consortium’s ambitious $1.6bn bet on the Horn of Africa’s liberalising telecoms sector, has become a case study in corporate comeuppance.