Kenya: Safaricom wary of M-Pesa Independent Online Kenyan telecoms firm Safaricom expected to maintain its 39.6 percent earnings margin this year but "premature taxes" could stifle mobile money transfers, chief executive Bob Collymore said yesterday. Pretax profit rose to 25.5 billion shillings (R2.8bn ... See all stories on this topic »

Social Media, Social Development and WTF Moments - New Vision New Vision Rated Next ended today, Tujuane was on in Kenya, some football was played somewhere and mobile data is being a trick on both Orange and MTN. Then this tweet comes in: @bazanye Your thoughts on social media as a tool for development in East Africa? See all stories on this topic »

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