--Service revenue grew by 10% from sh.204.1bn to 224.5bn
--Earnings before interest and Tax at sh.79.3bn
--Earnings per share at ksh.1.38 versus 1.15 in 2017
--Free cashflow at ksh.55.4bn versus 43.5bn in 2017
--Sh36.4billion invested in Capex
--49% growth in our 4G footprint and 200% growth in fiber footprint
--1.4mn additional customers;total customers now at 29.6mn
--Mpesa grew by 14.2 percent Year on Year, Mobile data grew 24 percent
M-PESA now has 20.5 million 30 day active customers and more than 101,000 active merchant.
--M-PESA contributes 28% of revenue. Data 16%
Mpesa revenue in FY2018 is at ksh.62.9bn
Mobile data revenue grew to Sh36.4billion
--Proposed dividend at ksh.1.1 per share or ksh.44.07bn
--Fixed data which we called out as the growth engine in last years results is now growing at 27 %YoY and is now 3% of service revenue.
--Safaricom now has 4,945 sites, including 1,648 4G sites and 4,183 3G sites.141,000 already connected to home fiber

-- The healthy EBITDA of Kes112.8b was sufficient to reduce Net debt by 12.5b, pay dividends of 38.9b and invest 36.4b in CapEx.

FY guidance for 2019 at ksh.85-89bn EBIT
Capex will be between 35-38bn
SAFARICOM CEO Bob Collymore announces his return

In 2014 safaricom dividend was 47 cents.
4 years later it has more than doubled.

It seems the NRM resistance to SafaricomPLC products had no impact on FY results

The kid to watch out for is Mawingu Networks part of Microsoft’s 4Afrika initiative. Fastest growing, currently 3rd place, soon to pip Safaricom on its way to conquer Zuku. Starting with Nanyuki & Laikipia, Mawingu is conquering rural Kenya.

Fastest growing is actually Safaricom. in 4th place the year before and in 2nd place today overtaking JTL and Mawingu. First place will be grabbed in a number of months. By this time next year we'll begin talking about dominance in this arena as well

dividend of Ksh 1.10 for a stock trading at Ksh 29.00 thats like 3%, the rates were better when Safaricom paid 0.20Ksh while trading at 2.10Ksh.

To bad at that time mwananchi had the most shares.
Currently institutional shareholders have taken up and drove the price beyond mwananchi reach

Is it a for-profit venture?
What's the ARPU for Mawingu?
Folks like fast speeds...
Zuku is the loser after blowing their advantage. A new (TZ) owner is buying 51% and perhaps the new leadership will flight back.

Most good companies are in the 3% - 4% dividend yield currently.....