Ibhizinisi ledatha yeselula leSafaricom lidlule izingcingo zezwi okokuqala, okuyingqophamlando kumhlinzeki wezokuxhumana omkhulu eKenya njengoba abathengi beshintsha imali besebenzisa isikhathi somoya kanye ne-SMS beya ekusakazeni, ezinkundleni zokuxhumana kanye nezinsizakalo ze-inthanethi zeselula.
Idatha yeselula idale u-42.1% wemali engenayo yokuxhumana kwe-telco ngonyaka ophele ngoMashi 2026, idlula izwi ngo-41.3%, ngokusho kwe- Imiphumela yezezimali yeSafaricom ikhishwe ngoLwesine.
Imali engenayo yedatha ikhuphuke ngo-14.4% yaya ku-KES 83.4 billion ($646 million), uma kuqhathaniswa nokwenyuka ngo-1.3% kwemali engenayo ngezwi yaya ku-KES 81.8 billion ($634 million).
Lolu shintsho lubonisa imikhuba yabathengi eshintshayo eKenya, njengoba ukusetshenziswa kwemali ekusakazeni, ebhange leselula, ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, kanye nasekuhwebeni nge-inthanethi kukhula ngokushesha kunokushaya ucingo okuvamile. Imiphumela ikhombisa nokuthi iSafaricom ikhokhela amanani edatha aphansi ngokusetshenziswa kwe-inthanethi okunamandla, okusiza ekuqhubekeni nokukhula njengoba imali engenayo ngezwi incipha.
Imali engenayo yokuthumela imiyalezo yehle ngo-11.8% yaya ku-KES 11 billion ($85 million) phakathi nonyaka njengoba abasebenzisi beqhubeka nokuthuthela ku-WhatsApp, Telegram, nakwamanye amapulatifomu asekelwe ku-inthanethi. Amakhasimende asebenzisa idatha yeselula engaphezu kwe-1 GB njalo ngenyanga akhuphuke ngo-22.4% yaya ku-14.5 million, kanti ukusetshenziswa okujwayelekile ngenyanga ngobhalisile kukhuphuke ngo-16.6% yaya ku-4.92 GB.
“Imali engenayo yemiyalezo yehle ngo-11.8% ngonyaka, okubangelwa izinguquko zesakhiwo ekuziphatheni kwamakhasimende njengoba ukusetshenziswa kuqhubeka nokuthuthela ezinkundleni zemiyalezo ezisekelwe ku-IP kanye nezingajwayelekile, ngokuhambisana nemikhuba yemboni yomhlaba wonke,” kusho iSafaricom esitatimendeni sayo sezezimali.
Le nkampani ithembela ekusakazweni okubanzi kwe-4G kanye ne-5G, kanye nama-smartphone ashibhile, ukusheshisa ukusetshenziswa kwe-inthanethi. Ama-Smartphone axhunywe kunethiwekhi ye-Safaricom akhuphuke ngo-21.2% afinyelela ezigidini ezingu-33.2 phakathi nonyaka, kanti amadivayisi asebenzayo e-5G akhuphuke ngo-55.5% afinyelela ezigidini ezingu-1.64.
I-Safaricom iphinde yancika emananini aphansi ukuze ikhuthaze ukusetshenziswa okuphezulu. Amanani aphakathi nge-megabyte ngayinye ehle ngo-12.1% phakathi nonyaka njengoba inkampani yandisa ukukhushulwa kanye nokunikezwa kwedatha okuqondisiwe. Ukusetshenziswa okwandisiwe kwandise ngaphezu kokunxephezela amanani aphansi, kwasiza idatha yeselula ukuba ibe ngomunye wemigqa yebhizinisi ekhula ngokushesha ye-Safaricom eceleni kwe-M-PESA.
Lezi zibalo zigcizelela ingcindezi ebhekene nabaqhubi bezokuxhumana kulo lonke elase-Afrika yokushintsha imali engenayo yezwi ehlayo ngezinsizakalo ze-inthanethi ezikhula kakhulu kanye nezedijithali njengoba abathengi abasebasha bechitha isikhathi esiningi ku-inthanethi. Ushintsho luphinde luqinise umncintiswano phakathi kwabaqhubi bezokuxhumana kanye nabahlinzeki be-broadband abaphishekela isidingo se-inthanethi yeselula, i-fibre yasekhaya, kanye nezinsizakalo zezimali zedijithali.
Imali engenayo yokuxhumana ihlale iyibhizinisi elikhulu kunawo wonke eSafaricom eKenya ngama-KES 197.9 billion ($1.53 billion), ingaphambi kancane kwe-M-PESA ngama-KES 182.7 billion ($1.41 billion). Imali engenayo ikhuphuke ngo-24.7% yaya kuma-KES 119.1 billion ($922 million)
