Telecommunications
Safaricom
Kenya's leading telecommunications and mobile money operator, transitioning from a traditional telecom into what it calls a 'TechCo' anchored on four strategic pillars, including AI and Ethiopian-market expansion. Safaricom committed $500 million over three years to build AI-ready data centers, cloud platforms, and developer tools, transitioned its M-Pesa mobile money platform to a cloud-native architecture (Fintech 2.0, scaling transaction capacity from 4,500 to up to 12,000 per second), and launched Daraja 3.0, a cloud-native API platform for East African developers.
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- The Star (Kenya) — Safaricom commits $500M to AI-ready data centers and cloud platforms54% source confidence
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Nov 2025 · Launches Daraja 3.0
Safaricom launched Daraja 3.0, a cloud-native API platform enabling developers across East Africa to build and host services directly within the M-Pesa Super App.
Apr 2026 · $500M AI and cloud investment commitment
Safaricom committed $500 million over three years to build AI-ready data centers, cloud platforms, and developer tools, and to add AI fraud detection to M-Pesa.