Safaricom’s M-PESA Foundation Launches a New Education Programme Dubbed “Citizens of the Future”
Safaricom’s M-PESA Foundation has launched a KES 30 billion education initiative dubbed Citizens of the Future to upgrade schools..
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Safaricom, through the M-PESA Foundation, has launched a new education initiative called "Citizens of the Future." This program aims to revolutionize Kenya's education and training sector over the next five years.
- The program will invest approximately Ksh 30 billion to upgrade infrastructure in over 600 basic and tertiary institutions, provide more than 10,000 scholarships, and equip teachers with digital skills.
- Peter Ndegwa, CEO of Safaricom, stated that the initiative consolidates efforts to ease access to education from early learning to technical and vocational training.
- The program will develop "Schools of the Future" featuring modern, sustainable infrastructure, technology integration, and inclusive learning spaces, with Kenyans encouraged to nominate institutions via citizenofthefuture.org.
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Safaricom Launches KES 30B Education Initiative and Appoints Group Chief External Affairs Officer - October 2025
Safaricom, through its M-PESA Foundation, has launched a new education initiative called "Citizens of the Future" which aims to revolutionize Kenya's education and training sector over the next five years. As part of this program, the M-PESA Foundation is launching a Kshs 30 billion initiative to digitally transform over 600 Kenyan schools. The goal of this investment is to create "Schools of the Future" over the next five years. In a separate corporate development, Safaricom announced the return of Steve Chege as its Group Chief External Affairs Officer. In this group-level role, he will support both Safaricom Kenya and Safaricom Ethiopia.
