The story
Roshan was founded by Kari Khoja in 2002.
In 2012, Roshan became the first and only company in Afghanistan to achieve B Corporation certification, awarded by B Lab. By 2014, Roshan was the largest private employer and telco in Afghanistan with 6 million subscribers, and had also started telecom and mobile money operations in Burundi, Tanzania, and Uganda under the "Smart Mobile" brand.
In October 2017, in cooperation with the Wikimedia Foundation, Roshan provided customers free access to Wikipedia and its sister projects without incurring data charges. The cooperation was part of the Wikipedia Zero project, which the Wikimedia Foundation discontinued in February 2018. The agreement with Roshan expired on December 15, 2018.
As of June 2024, Roshan's telecommunications services are available in at least one city in every province in Afghanistan.
From Wikipedia’s article on Roshan (telecommunications), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4