Kawadanganye wajinga wenzako huko Dondora, Safaricom siyo Kampuni ya Kenya kama ishu ni shea hata vodacom baadhi ya Watz wanamiliki shea zake lkn hakuifanyi kuwa Kampuni ya TZ!
Sawa continue consoling urself it wont change a thing
Unlike Vodacom in TZ
SAFARICOM WAS STARTED BY KENYANS WHO LATER ALLOWED OUTSIDE OWNERSHIP THROUGH SHARES
JUST LIKE WHAT KQ WANTS TO DO
Safaricom , Ltd is a leading mobile network
operator in Kenya .
It was formed in 1997
as a fully owned subsidiary of Telkom
Kenya .
In May 2000, Vodafone Group Plc of
the United Kingdom acquired a 40% stake
and management responsibility for the
company.
As of May 9, 2015, Bob Collymore is the
CEO; he succeeded Michael Joseph on
November 1, 2010, after Joseph's ten years
as Safaricom CEO. [1] Robert Collymore has
spent most of his career in the
telecommunications industry starting with
British Telecommunications where he held
a number of marketing, purchasing and
commercial roles over a 15-year period.
Recent reports appearing in the cross
section of the press indicate that Vodafone
Plc of UK only owns 35% and the remaining
5% is owned by a little-known company,
Mobitelea Ventures Limited. The reports
have caused a stir which led to the
summoning of its CEO Michael Joseph to
appear before the PIC "Public Investment
Committee", during which he denied
knowing who the other shareholder is. A
spokesman for Vodafone said "the PIC has
no powers to investigate M&A activity (see
Mergers and Acquisitions), only to ask to
view company accounts of Vodafone Kenya
Limited, a company registered in Kenya.
Mobitelea Ventures Limited were granted
an option to purchase 25% of Vodafone's
shares which they completed in 2002,
Vodafone bought back half of the stake in
2003 for $10m, [2] and in the financial year
ending 31 March 2009 purchased the
remaining indirect equity stake of 5%, thus
returning Vodafone to its original 40%
stake-holding. [3] Vodafone said that whilst
it would like to disclose who owns
Mobitelea it is unable to because of a
confidentiality agreement.[2]
Safaricom employs over 1,500 people
mainly stationed in Nairobi and other big
cities like Mombasa , Kisumu, Nakuru and
Eldoret in which it operates retail outlets.
Currently, it has nationwide dealerships to
ensure customers across the country have
access to its products and services.
As of January 2010, Safaricom boasted a
subscriber base of approximately 12
million, most of whom are in the major
cities - Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu and
Nakuru.
Its headquarters are located in Safaricom
House, Waiyaki Way in Westlands, Nairobi.
It has other offices in the city center in I&M
building, Kenyatta Avenue, on Kimathi
Street and at Shankardass House, next to
Kenya Cinema Moi Avenue.
Its main rival is Airtel Kenya. Other rivals
include Essar's YU (which they recently
purchased, in conjunction with Airtel)[4]
and Orange Wireless .