Market leader: Safaricom dominates the country's thriving mobile-based financial services sector with its M-Pesa platform.
NAIROBI: A Kenyan lawmaker proposed breaking up Safaricom, the country's biggest telecoms operator, on Tuesday because of its role in providing mobile financial services.
Safaricom, which is 40% owned by Britain's Vodafone, not only has Kenya's biggest number of subscribers, it also dominates the country's thriving mobile-based financial services sector with its innovative M-Pesa platform.
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