Kenya's Safaricom's year profit jumps 37 pct

NAIROBI, May 26 (Reuters) - Kenya's Safaricom, the country's largest telecoms operator, said on Wednesday pretax profit rose by 37 percent to 20.97 billion shillings ($262.6 million) for its year ended March.

The firm, which is also east Africa's largest by market value and part-held by Britain's Vodafone, said the market was at 50 percent penetration and the greatest growth opportunities lay in data services.

(Reporting by Duncan Miriri and Helen Nyambura-Mwaura; Editing by Richard Lough) ($1=79.85 Kenyan Shilling) Keywords: SAFARICOM/

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