Safaricom Posts Record Half-Year Net Income of KShs 42.8 Billion as M-PESA Hits KShs 20.2 Trillion in Transactions

Safaricom reported record half-year net income of KShs 42.8 billion for the six months ending September 2025, a 52 per cent increase year-on-year. The results were driven in large part by M-PESA, the mobile money platform that processed KShs 20.2 trillion in transaction value during the period, itself a record for any half-year period in the service's history.

Safaricom has also taken the platform to Ethiopia. M-PESA was launched in 2007.

MANAGEMENT MAINTAINS FULL-YEAR GUIDANCE

Safaricom's management maintained its full-year earnings before interest and tax guidance of between KShs 144 billion and KShs 150 billion.

The 52 per cent increase in net income reflected a 54.5 per cent rise in group EBIT to KShs 65.2 billion, M-PESA revenue growth of 14 per cent to KShs 88.1 billion and narrower losses in Ethiopia.

The half-year results were published on 6 November 2025.