Kenya’s leading mobile operator by subscribers Safaricom has reported net profit of KES6.63 billion (US$84.15 million) for the six months ended 30 September 2009, up 6.7 percent from KES6.21 billion in the same period a year earlier, notes TeleGeography. Consolidated revenues for the period climbed by 17.8 percent year-on-year to KES40.6 billion as customers flocked to the firm’s M-PESA mobile payment scheme.