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Kenya's telecom sector earns twice Uganda's, Rwanda's combined

Mobile phone operators in Kenya received twice the revenue their counterparts in Rwanda and Uganda did in the three months to June.

In a rare glimpse into the sector’s financial muscle, GSM Association (GSMA), a lobby for telecom providers, found that Kenya’s mobile phone operators raked in Sh55.8 billion in the second quarter of this year.

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