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Safaricom shrugs off pandemic to post Sh68.6b profit

A mobile phone care centre operated by Safaricom in the central business district of Kenya's capital Nairobi, May 11, 2016. [Reuters, Thomas Mukoya]

M-Pesa has now become the leading revenue stream for Safaricom, beating voice that has traditionally been the company’s mainstay. 

The mobile money service earned Safaricom Sh82.65 billion while voice service generated Sh82.55 billion in the year that ended March 31.

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