Acquisition · Kenya · Telecom
Safaricom
Vodacom acquired a 15% stake in Safaricom for $1.6bn.
Amount
$1.6bn
Round or stake
15%
First reported
2025-12-03
Verification
Corroborated
16 independent reports
Parties
- Vodacom acquirer
Sources (20)
- Debt-strained Kenya to sell Safaricom stake to Vodacom in $1.6 billion deal · Reuters · 2025-12-03
- Gov't to Sell 15 % Stake in Safaricom for Ksh204 Billion · Nairobi Leo · 2025-12-04
- Vodafone Kenya to Acquire Additional 15% Safaricom Stake in Major Restructuring · TechAfrica News · 2025-12-04
- Safaricom Shares: Vodafone Kenya to Buy Govt’s 15% Stake in $1.5bn Deal · ChimpReports · 2025-12-04
- Vodacom Group to take controlling stake in Safaricom · Connecting Africa · 2025-12-04
- Vodacom Group Purchases Controlling Stake In Kenya’s Safaricom · WeeTracker · 2025-12-04
- Kenyan Gov’t Sells 15% Stake in Safaricom for Ksh240.5 Billion · KDRTV · 2025-12-04
- Vodacom Group acquires increased shareholding in Safaricom for $2.1 billion · Africa Business Communities · 2025-12-04
- Vodacom prend le contrôle de Safaricom avec l’acquisition de 20% supplémentaires du capital · african markets · 2025-12-05
- South Africa’s Vodacom buys Safaricom stake in $2.4B deal · Semafor · 2025-12-05
- Kenya’s Central Bank backs $1.6 Billion Safaricom stake sale · Africa Business Communities · 2026-01-22
- Vodacom to take controlling stake in Safaricom in $2.1 billion deal · tech dot africa · 2026-03-27
- Vodacom Completes $2.1 Billion Deal to Take Majority Stake in Safaricom · StockMarket.et · 2026-06-30
- Vodacom completes acquisition of extra 20% stake in Safaricom · People Daily · 2026-06-30
- Vodacom completes acquisition of controlling stake in Safaricom · Developing Telecoms · 2026-06-30
- Vodacom Completes Acquisition of 15% Government Stake in Safaricom · Dawan Africa · 2026-06-30
- News: Vodacom completes acquisition of majority stake in Safaricom, cites Ethiopia growth ambitions · Addis Standard · 2026-07-01
- Vodacom completes majority acquisition of Safaricom · Africa Business Communities · 2026-07-01
- Vodacom acquires majority stake in Safaricom with additional 20% shares · The Star, Kenya · 2026-07-01
- Vodacom buys 20% of Safaricom for $2.1B · SaasRise · 2026-07-27
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