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Beyond numbers @SafaricomFDN reached 4.4M people and we planted 600K+ trees, taking us to 3M+ trees cumulatively. B+ SDG rating, with A+ on SDG 9, 10 & 17. @SafaricomPLC

In FY26, @SafaricomPLC activities generated KES 1.24T for Kenyan society (+10% YoY), KES 654B in direct economic impact, and sustained over 1.4M jobs — with 70,000 new jobs created.

During FY26, @SafaricomPLC detected and monitored about 1.25 billion intrusion attempts and investigated more than 130,000 security events. Over the same period, privacy trust scores recovered to 70% for M-PESA and 61% for Safaricom.

The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), the trade finance arm of the IsDB Group, has surpassed US$100 billion in cumulative trade finance approvals since commencing operations in 2008: Over nearly two decades, ITFC has supported essential imports and exports, strengthened food and energy security, and connected producers to markets. In 2025 alone, its operations contributed to food access for approximately 24 million households, electricity access for 17.8 million households, and reached around 460,000 farmers. More than one-third of its cumulative approvals have supported Least Developed Countries, reflecting a focus on markets where trade finance access is most constrained. Read more: sokodirectory.com/2026/10/in… Soko-Directory

KenGen Names Ronoh Kibet Charles as Next Chief Executive sokodirectory.com/2026/10/ke…

Kenya Ports Authority plans to invest Sh7.8 billion in port development deals worth Sh80 billion in Mombasa and Lamu: The remaining Sh72.2 billion is expected to come from private investors. Under the arrangement, private investors will help build and run the facilities, while the government retains ownership.

Kenya’s largest unit trust fund managers ranked by assets under management as of June 2026: Standard Investment leads with Sh188 billion, followed by Sanlam at Sh171 billion and CIC at Sh105 billion. Britam sits 4th with Sh71 billion, NCBA 5th with Sh50 billion, and Old Mutual 6th with Sh38 billion. Jubilee follows at Sh32 billion, Absa Unit Trust at Sh31 billion, Co-op Unit Trust at Sh27 billion, and KCB Unit Trust at Sh26 billion.

List Of Estates Set To Experience 3-Day Water Supply Disruption: The outage runs from 11:59 pm on Monday, October 26, until 11:59 pm on Thursday, October 29. Affected areas include Riverside, Lavington, Kileleshwa, Kilimani, Westlands, Parklands, Lang'ata, Karen, and Upper Hill, where both Kenyatta National Hospital and Nairobi Hospital are on the list. Residents around Wilson Airport, Uhuru Gardens, Nairobi West, Madaraka, and parts of Ngara will also be affected, alongside customers served by Oloolaiser Water and Sanitation Company. Read more: sokodirectory.com/2026/10/li… Soko-Directory

A seamless payment doesn’t announce itself. You book, you travel, you arrive, and the amount is settled automatically against a card or method you saved earlier. There is no moment of fumbling, no question about whether the driver can break a 1,000-shilling note, no conversation about “system problems” or a missing float #PayWithVisa sokodirectory.com/2026/10/th…

Kenyans have never been shy about adopting technology that makes life easier. We were mobile money pioneers long before much of the world caught on, and that habit of embracing convenience has shaped what people now expect from every app on their phone. #PayWithVisa sokodirectory.com/2026/10/th…