Safaricom’s cleaner energy push struggles to keep pace with growth.
Safaricom , Kenya’s largest telecommunications operator, consumed 274,531 megawatt-hours of electricity in the financial year ended March 2026, a 5.7% increase from the previous year.
Its emissions from electricity purchases, fuel burned in generators and vehicles, and refrigerant gases used in cooling systems rose by 9.1% to 56,354 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.
The figures, documented in Safaricom’s 2026 Sustainability Report , suggest that the company’s 2030 technology ambitions are becoming more expensive.
Its expanding network, data centres, and digital services demand more power, but cleaner sources still cover only a small share of its overall supply. The increase came as Safaricom expanded its renewable energy programme. By March 2026, it had installed solar power at 2,028 network sites, up from 1,432 a year earlier. It also upgraded 800 sites with more efficient power systems.
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