Safaricom Case Write a brief summary about the company (location, size, number of employees, products/services, industry, how many years in business)2. SWOT AnalysisA. List and explain the barriers and opportunities in the external environment (general and industry environments)B. List and explain the strengths and weaknesses of the company3. What is the competitive advantage of the company?4. How does the national culture play a role in the companys strategy?5. What are the main strategies the company pursues? Explain.6. Discuss what types of entrepreneurial pursuits, innovation, and strategic attempts the company applies to minimize threats and explore opportunities.All papers should be written in WORD in Times New Roman or Arial 12 point font with one-inch margins, double-spaced. Remember if you are using direct quotes, you must use quotation marks and cite the page number as well as the author & text. If the quote is longer than 3 lines, dont use the quote marks, but indent it on both sides and single space the quote, and then cite the page number, etc. Ideas and theoretical concepts should be attributed to their originator and cited by author and text. Follow APA format for cites and references. Answer Previe
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..Safaricom is the largest network providers in Kenya. The company is located in East Africa, particularly Kenya. According to a study by Oteri, Kibet, & Ndungu, (2015), the firm enjoys a market share of 64.5%, internet subscribers forming an approximation of 72.6%, and voice traffic of 77.5%, employing around 22000 workers. The firm became publically traded in the country since 2002 after being formed in 1997 as a private limited liability company. Safaricom offers various services and products to the customers. For instance, it offers products such as phones to its customers. The company sells majorly smartphones and other phone accessories to the customers. Apart from providing the mobile phones, the company also offers such as Mpesa services, voice call services, and mobile data services, to its customers. Safaricom is faced with a number of barriers in its external environment. Firstly, the political issues affect the development of the company in Kenya. There are some incidences where politic negatively influences the operations of the firm. For instance, post-election violence back in 2007-08 affected operations the company. Secondly, power shortages are also
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