Nairobi, Nov. 5 -- Safaricom reported a 72.8 percent jump in half-year profit to September, driven by higher M-Pesa and mobile data revenues in Kenya, while losses from its Ethiopia business narrowed.

First-half net profit rose to Sh50.3 billion from Sh29.1 billion, raising the telco's dividends outlook.

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