MTN and Vodacom together move over $1-trillion through mobile money – but their fintech playbooks are diverging.
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Kenya’s high court has blocked the 15% Safaricom stake sale to Vodacom, pending a constitutional challenge.
Vodacom and MTN groups’ fintech arms now process a combined value of over $1-trillion/year in transactions.
Egypt and Safaricom drove a 22.9% jump in headline earnings as the South African business posted only modest growth.
Airtel Africa has delayed its mobile money initial public offering to late 2026, citing war-driven margin pressures.
Only two mobile network operators in Africa have been recognised in Opensignal’s latest annual global awards.
For years, Vodacom Group was viewed primarily as a telecoms operator with an interesting side business in mobile money.
TechCentral’s South African Newsmakers of 2025 are people who shaped outcomes that reached beyond boardrooms.
Vodacom will take majority control of Safaricom in a R36-billion deal, boosting group revenue and deepening its African expansion.
Vodacom Group has reported a robust set of interim results for the six months to September 2025.