Safaricom records slight drop in profit to $581m

Safaricom Chief Executive Officer Peter Ndegwa.

Safaricom Chief Executive Officer Peter Ndegwa. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Safaricom has posted a 1.7 percent drop in net profit to Ksh67.49 billion ($581 million) in the first results that include its Ethiopian operations.

The telco’s net profit for the full year ended March 2022 is the second drop in a row after it posted a 6.8 percent profit drop last year, which was the first in nine years.