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Safaricom, Visa gift four Paris Olympics trip

Mwaniki Munuhe

From left: Safaricom HoD Finance Business Partnering, Emmanuel Kiprono Koech (left) Michael Chege Kariuki - winner of a trip to Paris for the Olympic games and Henry Gakami – VISA’s Business Development Director during the official ticket handover to Paris for Olympic games courtesy of M-PESA GlobalPay and VISA.  

Photo credit: PHOTO | POOL

What you need to know:

  • Safaricom is also supporting Team Kenya. The giant telco has committed Sh30 million in cash and kind to the team.
  • “We believe in the power of sports to inspire and unite people, and we are honoured to offer Kenyans the opportunity to support their favourite athletes in person. This sponsorship also reflects our commitment to supporting our athletes by empowering them with technological and financial tools,” said Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa.

Safaricom, through M-Pesa, in partnership with Visa, has today awarded four lucky Kenyans, namely, 
Mwaniki Munuhe from Nyahururu, Abdirahaman Faysal, Abdinasir Barre and Michael Chege Kariuki from Nairobi won their tickets to Paris in an  M-Pesa  GlobalPay promotion. 

They transacted using the M-Pesa GlobalPay Virtual Visa Card to qualify for the weekly draws from which they  earned the winning tickets.