Group revenue rose to 21.5 billion rand ($1.55 billion) for the quarter ended June 30, and service revenue was up 3.9% at 17.4 billion rand.

Despite the impact of cyclones Idai and Kenneth in Mozambique, international service revenue increased by 19.6%, largely driven by a 42.7% increase in revenue from Kenya's Safaricom M-Pesa mobile financial services platform  M-Pesa and data demand, group Chief Executive Shameel Joosub said in a statement.