Telecommunications · Nairobi, Kenya

Safaricom

East Africa's leading telecommunications and digital services company

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Actively hiringHybrid
4.01 review
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About Safaricom

Safaricom is Kenya's largest telecoms operator and one of the most profitable companies in East Africa, providing mobile, fibre, enterprise connectivity and the M-PESA financial services platform. It serves more than 40 million customers and has expanded into Ethiopia.

The company is a major graduate employer, with structured programmes across engineering, data, finance, retail and customer experience.

Open roles (5)

Source: careers page

Why work here

Safaricom offers the scale and structure of a large listed corporate combined with genuine technology work, from network engineering to data platforms. Its graduate and internship programmes are among the most competitive in the region.

Benefits & perks

  • Medical cover
  • Pension
  • Graduate programme
  • Staff shares

Culture signals

  • Corporate
  • Structured growth
  • Purpose-led

Who you'd work with (3)

Source: company site
  • Peter NdegwaCEO
  • Sofia NguhiChief Financial Officer
  • Julius KaranjaChief Technology Officer

Salaries (5 roles)

37 data points, annual base pay

  • Product Manager

    senior · Nairobi · hybrid · 5 reports

    KES 6M

    KES 5M to KES 8M

  • Senior Software Engineer

    senior · Nairobi · hybrid · 7 reports

    KES 5M

    KES 4M to KES 7M

  • Software Engineer

    mid · Nairobi · hybrid · 11 reports

    KES 3M

    KES 2M to KES 4M

  • Network Engineer

    mid · Nairobi · onsite · 8 reports

    KES 3M

    KES 2M to KES 4M

  • Customer Experience Lead

    mid · Nairobi · onsite · 6 reports

    KES 2M

    KES 2M to KES 3M

Reviews (1)

4.0 average from 1 review

  • Aug 2026

    Stable and well run

    Network Engineer · Current employee · Nairobi, Kenya

    Big company benefits with real scale. Career paths are clear if you are patient.

    Pros
    Excellent medical cover, pension, training budget
    Cons
    Decisions take time, legacy systems in places

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