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Listed on the Nairobi stock market, Safaricom<\/a> is one of the biggest companies in East Africa, its success fuelled by its mobile money service Mpesa, which was launched in 2007 and has become indispensable in Kenya.
Ndegwa, who was named the group's new CEO following the death of Bob Collymore, said the future of Safaricom would come from \"combining technology and innovation.\"
\"We want to move away from being a telecom business into a purpose-led technology company,\" he said.
\"That will mean that we will use technology to create change in other ecosystems in the same way that we have done with Mpesa in the financial services area, in areas such as agriculture, health, education.\"
As an example, he cites the product Digifarm, a mobile platform which allows farmers to access loans, insurance, as well as markets where they can sell their products.
It also gives farmers information and advice on managing their livestock or crops.
Safaricom is 35 percent owned by the Kenyan government, 40 percent by South Africa's Vodacom, while the remaining shares are listed.
The company also wants to extend more services to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), a major driver of Kenya's economy.
Currently with Mpesa, users can send money directly to each other, pay their bills and buy goods at shops and supermarkets, all from their cellphones.
\"We are working to enable SMEs being in control of their business and to grow their business,\" said Ndegwa.
A new product for SMEs will allow them to pay salaries or suppliers via a special application.
On the international<\/a> level, the company is trying to forge partnerships with Visa and Paypal<\/a> which would allow its clients to make money transfers across the globe.
\"In addition to that, we are looking at expanding Mpesa ... We have already expressed interest to enter Ethiopia, and we are going through that process.\"
Mpesa has 25 million users in Kenya, and another 15 million elsewhere in the continent, such as Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Ethiopia is busy opening up its telecoms sector, ending a government monopoly under Ethio Telecom<\/a>, which could allow foreign companies a foothold in a country of 110 million people.
In May, Addis Ababa opened bids for two new licences.
Safaricom announced a 13.3 percent revenue growth in its results for the year ending March 2020.
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肯尼亚的Safaricom眼睛新技术,扩大到埃塞俄比亚
肯尼亚电信巨头Safaricom正寻求将自己转变为一家技术公司,提供新的金融解决方案向任何人从小型企业到农民,新任首席执行官彼得Ndegwa告诉法新社。
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在内罗毕股票市场上市,Safaricom是东非最大的公司之一,它的成功推动了移动货币服务Mpesa,成立于2007年,在肯尼亚已经成为不可或缺的。
Ndegwa,谁被任命为该集团的新任首席执行官鲍勃•Collymore死后说的未来Safaricom将来自“结合技术和创新”。
“我们想要远离电信业务为目的使得技术公司,”他说。
“这将意味着我们将使用技术来创建其他生态系统的变化以同样的方式,我们已经完成了Mpesa在金融服务领域,农业等领域,健康,教育。”
作为一个例子,他引用了产品Digifarm,一个移动平台,允许农民获得贷款,保险,以及市场,他们可以出售他们的产品。
它也给农民管理牲畜或作物信息和建议。
Safaricom肯尼亚政府持股35%,南非Vodacom的40%,其余股份上市。
公司还希望更多的服务扩展到中小企业(中小企业),肯尼亚的经济的一个主要推动力。
目前Mpesa,用户可以直接寄钱,支付账单和购买商品在商店和超市,从他们的手机。
“我们正在努力使中小企业在控制自己的业务和发展他们的业务,“Ndegwa说。
中小企业新产品将允许他们支付工资或供应商通过一个特殊的应用程序。
在国际水平,该公司正试图与签证和建立伙伴关系贝宝这将允许其客户在全球范围内转账。
“除此之外,我们正在考虑扩大Mpesa……我们已经表示有意进入埃塞俄比亚,我们正在经历这一过程。”
Mpesa在肯尼亚有2500万用户,另一个1500万年在非洲大陆的其他地区,如坦桑尼亚和刚果民主共和国。
埃塞俄比亚正忙着开放电信业,结束政府垄断Ethio电信,这将允许外国公司立足在一个1.1亿人口的国家。
今年5月,亚的斯亚贝巴开放竞标两个新的执照。
Safaricom宣布收入增长13.3%今年截至2020年3月在其结果。
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