The Federation of Kenya Employers hosted the second edition of Employer of The Year Awards on Friday evening at a Gala Dinner held at Radisson Blue.

Safaricom was one of the biggest winners of the evening coming in second place to British American Tobacco in the Employer of the Year  Awards category.

Safaricom is listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange and with annual revenues in excess of KES 200 Billion and has invested KES 38 billion in infrastructure this year, providing over 80% of Kenya’s population with 4G and 3G coverage and providing 2G coverage to 95% of Kenyans.

The Telco also carried the day by winning in the Corporate Performance category,in the  Employer of The Year Awards they placed second in the Innovation and Productivity Category.

The Employer of the Year Awards (EYA) is an initiative by the Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) that is geared towards promoting and encouraging best practices in Corporate Performance, People Management and Industrial Relations practices amongst employers in Kenya. This is in a bid to raise and sustain productivity, enterprise performance and responsibility.

Employer of The Year Awards is an annual award that provides a platform for identifying, ranking and recognizing excellence in Corporate Performance, People Management and Industrial Relations amongst employers in Kenya.

Safaricom provides voice, data, financial services and enterprise solutions for a range of subscribers, small businesses and government, using a variety of platforms.

Safaricom pioneered commercial mobile money transfer globally through M-PESA, the most successful service of its kind anywhere in the world.  Launched in March 2007, M-PESA now has over 27.8 million customers and over 148,000 M-PESA Agent outlets countrywide