The fall in Airtel subscribers helped grow M-Pesa subscribers’ market share to 98.8 per cent in March or 28.84 million users from 81.3 percent a year ago. AdvertisementThis suggests that the bulk of 3.74 million customers who quit Airtel Money were dormant subscribers. CA failed to respond to questions on factors behind the subscriber’s market share shifts. MERGER APPROVEDThe competition watchdog has approved the planned merger of Airtel Kenya and Telkom Kenya. Telkom accounted for 5.8 per cent of Kenyan mobile telecom subscribers in March, behind second-placed Airtel, which had a 26.6 per cent market share.

Source: Daily Nation July 15, 2020 05:37 UTC