Kenya's Safaricom says network technical fault affecting services
NAIROBI, April 24 (Reuters) - Kenyan telecoms firm Safaricom said on its Twitter (Frankfurt: A1W6XZ - news) feed on Monday that it had a technical fault on its network that was affecting services countrywide.
"Sorry we have a slight technical fault with the network services countrywide but the issue is being resolved," Safaricom said on its Twitter feed.
Safaricom, which is 40 percent owned by Britain's Vodafone , is Kenya's leading telecoms operator. It has 26 million subscribers and dominates the thriving mobile-based financial services sector with its M-Pesa platform. (Reporting by George Obulutsa; editing by Jason Neely)