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Safaricom H2 2025 earnings summary

Complete event summary combining all related documents: earnings call transcript, report, and slide presentation.
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H2 2025 earnings summary9 May, 2025

Executive summary

  • Achieved strong double-digit growth in revenue and net income for FY25, with Kenya and Ethiopia operations performing within guidance despite currency headwinds in Ethiopia.

  • Completed Vision 2025 strategy and launched a new five-year plan aiming to be Africa's leading purpose-led tech company by 2030, focusing on technology transformation and customer experience.

  • M-Pesa continued to drive financial inclusion, now contributing 44.2% of revenue, with significant growth in merchant payments and new fintech products.

  • Ethiopia business showed strong commercial momentum, doubling active customers and contributing close to 10% of group revenue.

  • The Board proposed a final dividend, maintaining payout levels despite Ethiopia's startup losses and currency reforms.

Financial highlights

  • Group revenue rose 11.2% to KShs 388.7Bn; EBIT up 29.5% to KShs 104.1Bn; net income up 10.8% to KShs 69.8Bn (excluding minority interest).

  • Safaricom Kenya revenue grew 11.4% to KShs 381.2Bn; EBIT up 13% to KShs 158.1Bn; net income up 12.7% to KShs 95.5Bn.

  • Excluding currency reforms and hyperinflationary accounting, group revenue grew 12.9%, EBIT 16.2%, and net income 14.2%.

  • Free cash flow increased 15.7% year-over-year to KShs 76.1Bn; net debt to EBITDA ratio healthy at 0.31.

  • Dividend payout maintained at KShs 1.20 per share (KShs 48.08Bn total), consistent with prior years.

Outlook and guidance

  • FY26 group EBIT projected at KShs 144–150Bn, a 50% year-on-year increase, with Ethiopia expected to become accretive.

  • Kenya EBIT guidance: KShs 170–173Bn, representing 8.3–9.2% growth.

  • Ethiopia EBIT loss to reduce significantly to KShs 23–26Bn; CapEx in Ethiopia to halve as peak investment phase ends.

  • Ethiopia customer base targeted to reach 15–17 million 90-day active customers by FY26.

  • Strategic priorities include scaling tech solutions, accelerating Ethiopia profitability, and defending core market share.

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Safaricom PLC is a leading telecommunications company based in Kenya, well known for its comprehensive range of services and solutions. These include mobile voice, messaging, data, financial, and converged services, alongside digital services that foster commercial and personal platforms as well as ecosystem partnerships. A flagship offering, M-PESA, is a mobile phone-based money transfer, financing, and micro-financing service launched in 2007, marking a significant milestone in mobile financial services not just in Kenya but across several other countries. Safaricom has also been at the forefront of technological innovation in telecommunications, being the first in Kenya to offer 3G and later 4G/LTE connectivity, and launching a live 5G network in select cities in 2021. The company is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, and its shares are listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange.

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