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Safaricom announces M-pesa upgrade from Saturday

By Fredrick Obura | 8yrs ago

Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore (PHOTO: File)

NAIROBI, KENYA: Safaricom M-pesa services will not be available for the better part of coming weekend when the company upgrades the mobile money system.

The operator said it will be upgrading the system from 10 pm on Saturday (September 9) to 1 pm on Sunday (September 10).

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