Safaricom buys M-Pesa cash firm from Vodafone

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The logo of London-based Vodafone. FILE PHOTO | AFP

Safaricom is set to buy M-Pesa Holding Company Limited — the firm that holds hundreds of billions of shillings powering its mobile money service — from London-based Vodafone Group Plc.

The Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed company will pay the British multinational –which was previously its top shareholder— a token amount of $1 in the deal to receive regulatory approvals in the next few weeks.

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