Safaricom names 10 biggest owners with shares worth billions in 2026

Safaricom names 10 biggest owners with shares worth billions in 2026

Safaricom’s 2026 report names its 10 largest shareholders, revealing Vodafone and Treasury held 74.93% of shares at 31 March, before June’s ownership shift.

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Elijah Ntongai is an experienced editor at TUKO.co.ke, with more than four years in financial, business, labour and technology research and reporting. His work provides valuable insights into Kenyan, African, and global trends.

Safaricom PLC has published its list of the 10 largest shareholders in its 2026 Annual Report, with the register dated March 31, 2026.

The report showed that Vodafone Kenya Limited and the National Treasury and Economic Planning collectively held 30.02 billion shares, representing 74.93% of the company's total issued shares.

Vodafone Kenya Limited sat at the top of the register with 16 billion shares, while the National Treasury and Economic Planning held 14.02 billion shares.

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The third-largest holder, Kenya Commercial Bank Nominees Limited A/C 915B, held 461.6 million shares, a fraction of the top two positions.

The remaining eight positions in the top 10 were all nominee accounts operated through Kenya Commercial Bank, Stanbic Bank, and Standard Chartered.

These accounts, which typically hold shares on behalf of institutional and foreign investors on the Nairobi Securities Exchange, ranged from 188.2 million shares to 410.3 million…

In brief

PAY ATTENTION: Mark TUKO.co.ke as a preferred source, and our content will appear higher in your Google feed! The report showed that Vodafone Kenya Limited and the National Treasury and Economic Planning collectively held 30.02 billion shares, representing 74.93% of the company's total issued shares. Vodafone Kenya Limited sat at the top of the register with 16 billion shares, while the National Treasury and Economic Planning held 14.02 billion shares.

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