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Telecommunication firm Safaricom has announced a rise in net profit, for the full year ending March 31 increased.

The profit increased from Sh38.1 billion, to Sh45.1 billion, same period in 2016, with the total revenues rising up by 8.8 per cent from Sh195.7 billion last year, to Sh212.89 billion.

CEO Bob Collymore said revenue from mobile data posted the highest growth of 38.5 per cent. It rose to Sh29.29 billion from Sh21.15 billion.

MPesa recorded a 32.7 per cent growth from Sh41.50 billion to Sh45.08 billion.

Speaking during the release of the results, Wednesday, Collymore indicated voice revenues accounted for the largest share of the revenues, but at a slower growth rate of 2.9 per cent, of from Sh90.80 billion, to Sh93.46 billion.Income from SMS services dropped by 3.7 per cent, to Sh16.68 billion from Sh17.33 billion the year earlier. 

In 2016, Safaricom's net profit increased from Sh18.08 billion to Sh 23.93 billion for six months through to September, in the same period in 2015.