According to @business, Safaricom’s profit rose 52% after losses narrowed in its Ethiopian operations, and it remains Kenya’s biggest company by market value, source: Bloomberg/@business. For equity traders, the narrowing Ethiopia losses reduce the earnings drag at group level and strengthen the operating outlook for Kenya’s benchmark telecom stock, source: Bloomberg/@business. For crypto market participants, Safaricom operates the M-Pesa mobile money network that underpins a significant share of Kenya’s digital payments, which is relevant to fiat on/off-ramps in the region, source: Safaricom PLC. Sub-Saharan Africa’s crypto activity is predominantly retail and often relies on P2P channels alongside mobile money rails, making payment infrastructure developments in Kenya material for regional crypto liquidity monitoring, source: Chainalysis Geography of Cryptocurrency Report.