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Plan to split Safaricom still on, says CBK

Safaricom headquarters, Nairobi. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Plans to split Kenya's biggest telco are still ongoing, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has said following the expiry of an earlier suggested timeline.

Airtel Kenya last October completed the separation of its telecommunications business from mobile money.

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