The Standard Group Plc is a multi-media organization with investments in media
platforms spanning newspaper print operations, television, radio broadcasting,
digital and online services. The Standard Group is recognized as a leading
multi-media house in Kenya with a key influence in matters of national and
international interest.
A Safaricom subscriber using the Mpesa App for payment. [File, Standard]
Thousands of Kenyans who rely on the M-Pesa service for their daily payments found themselves stranded when Safaricom's mobile phone-based money transfer and micro-financing service experienced a downtime.