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News
Safaricom Contemplates Reducing M-PESA Transaction Costs
Safaricom has hinted at plans to cut M-PESA transaction costs to retain increased cash transfers on the mobile money platform.…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Flexible 4G Smartphone Financing Plan Attracts 50,000 Users
Over 50,000 Safaricom customers have jumped ship on the telco’s flexible 4G smartphone financing plan dubbed Lipa Mdogo Mdogo. According…
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Samsung Partners with Safaricom Foundation to Support Accelerated Learning Program In Bungoma County
Samsung is joining hands with the Safaricom Foundation to endorse the Accelerated Learning Program in Bungoma County. The program, formulated…
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How To Deposit on Odibets Using Safaricom Bonga Points
Betting fanatics can now deposit on one of Kenya’s betting firms, Odibets, using Safaricom Bonga points. With this feature, Odibets…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Half-year Profit Falls 6 Percent to Ksh 33 Billion as M-PESA Revenue Declines
Kenya’s largest telco, Safaricom, just announced its half-year financial report for the period ended 30th September 2020. The company’s half-year…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Customers to Get Free Data and Minutes by Enrolling to newly launched Skiza Mobile Advertising Platform
Kenya’s largest telco Safaricom has today announced a new platform to help SMEs advertise their services. The new Skiza Mobile…
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Safaricom Introduces new Phone Number Prefixes to meet Increasing Demand
Safaricom, now with over 35 million customers, owns over 10 different phone number prefixes. Currently, it has 070X, 071X, 072X,…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Launches Pochi La Biashara, a new M-PESA Product for Small Business Owners
Safaricom celebrated its 20th birthday yesterday with the company launching a new campaign. The company also launched a new product…
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Apps
Safaricom Updates MySafaricom App With New Features
Safaricom’s MySafaricom App update has brought with it a range of new features. The most notable of the bunch is…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Celebrates 20th Birthday, Launches New Campaign
Kenya’s largest telco, Safaricom, is today celebrating its 20th birthday after officially being launched in the country on 23rd October…
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News
Safaricom to Offer Free Calls and Data to Customers as it Celebrates 20th Birthday
Safaricom turned 20 on Friday 23rd after officially launching in the Kenyan market on 23rd October 2000. The telco celebrated…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Processes an average of six Loans Per Second on Fuliza
Safaricom ’s overdraft facility, Fuliza, was launched in 2019 but now processes an average of six transactions per second. In…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Reclaims Top Spot in the Fixed Broadband Market
Back in Q1, Zuku surpassed Safaricom to top the country’s fixed data subscription market. But the reign didn’t last. As…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom and NCBA Differ on Lowering M-Shwari Interest Rates
Amid pressure to cub predatory mobile lending platforms from the regulator, Safaricom and its partner NCBA have differed on cutting…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Named in Fortune’s 2020 “Change the World List”
FORTUNE has released its Sixth Annual “Change the World List,” which names the most impactful companies through their operations in…
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News
Huawei Y5p now available at all Safaricom shops
Huawei Y5p is now available for purchase at Safaricom shops across the country. The entry-level device was silently launched into…
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BUSINESS
Airtel, Safaricom and Telkom Kenya will be fined for delaying Customer Care Calls
Kenyan telecommunications providers, like Safaricom and Airtel, will face fines for delaying customer care calls, according to a new draft…
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Safaricom Offers Customers ‘Free 500MB’ through ‘Browse Bila Waas’ Campaign
Safaricom is offering free 500MB to its customers in a newly announced promotion called ‘Browse Bila Waas’. The product offers…
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Safaricom’s 24-hour Service Upgrade To Affect a Number of Services, Starting Tomorrow
Kenya’s largest telecom Safaricom has announced a planned weekend service upgrade. According to the telco, the service upgrade is meant…
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Michael Joseph appointed new Safaricom board chairman
Michael Joseph has been appointed as the next Chairman of Safaricom’s Board of Directors. He was appointed following the retirement of…
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News
Safaricom’s Ksh 20 bob per day 4G smartphone Financing Plan Launched
Yesterday, it was known that Safaricom plans to launch its Ksh 20 a day 4G smartphone financing plan dubbed Lipa…
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Safaricom’s Platinum Bundle Offering Ends August 30
Safaricom plans to sunset its Platinum Bundles by August 30 this year. The telco sent the following message to subscribers…
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Gadgets
Safaricom Set to Begin its Ksh 20 a day 4G Smartphone Financing Plan Tomorrow
Kenya’s largest telco, Safaricom, is set to begin its Ksh 20 a day 4G smartphone package tomorrow. The telco first…
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BUSINESS
You Can Now Pay for Electricity Bills Using Safaricom’s Bonga Points
Safaricom customers can now pay for their power bills using the company’s Bonga points. “We have entered into a partnership…
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News
Safaricom Adds Daily Transaction Limit Counter on MPESA Messages
Back in April, the Central Bank of Kenya increased the daily transaction limit on mobile money transfer services in the…
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News
Safaricom, UNESCO and Eneza Education launch digital mentorship programme for high school students interested in STEM
Safaricom has today announced a new partnership with UNESCO, and Eneza Education to implement a digital mentorship programme for high…
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News
Safaricom MobiPlay Competition For Mobile Gamers Kicks off, playstations, smartphones and airtime up for grabs
Safaricom has kicked-off an online gaming competition for its customers using its Games Lounge service. The 8-week Safaricom MobiPlay Challenge will…
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Gadgets
Safaricom Launches a Ksh 6,999 Android TV Box for Internet Streaming
Safaricom has early this morning launched an Android TV Box for internet streaming. The newly announced Android TV box can be…
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News
Safaricom Wanted CBK To Limit Free M-PESA Transfers To 5 Per Day After Massive Losses
Free M-PESA cash transfers for transactions less than Ksh 1000 is very helpful. It’s a measure put forward by the…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom to connect Coca-Cola coolers with data collection sensors
Coca-Cola has partnered with Safaricom to connect its coolers with data collection sensors that will enable the company to enhance…
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BUSINESS
The Expensive Nature of Safaricom’s Calling Rates Doesn’t Encourage Long Calls
Safaricom PLC is no doubt the largest telecom provider in the country. In the Jan-April period, Safaricom led with a…
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BUSINESS
Kenya’s Mobile Penetration Hits Record High As Safaricom and Telkom Lose Market Share
The Communication Authority of Kenya (CAK) has released a new Sector Statistics report detailing how the ICT sector performed in…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Bids For Telco License in Ethiopia
Kenya’s largest telco, Safaricom, has filed a fresh bid for a license to operate in Ethiopia. The company will battle…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom, The Star and People Daily Partner for KES.10 Digital Newspapers
Safaricom has partnered with Radio Africa Group and Mediamax to enable customers purchase The Star and People Daily e-Papers for…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom’s Lipa Na M-PESA Business App Is Now Official
Safaricom has today launched a Lipa Na M-PESA Business app for its more than 170,000 merchants on the service. Named…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Customers Redeemed 1 Billion Bonga Points in 2 Months
Safaricom’s Bonga For Good initiative which was launched by the telco on 3rd April 2020, came to an end on 4th…
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News
Safaricom is Now Offering Affordable YouTube Data Bundle
Safaricom in partnership with Google has announced a new YouTube Data bundle. The data bundle can be used for YouTube…
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New Appointments
Safaricom CFO Sateesh Kamath takes up new role at Vodafone
Safaricom CFO, Sateesh Kamath, has been appointed to the role of Chief Financial Officer Vodafone Business, effective 1st July 2020.…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom closes Thika Road Mall shop after staff tested positive for Covid-19
Safaricom has closed its Thika Road Mall (TRM) shop after one of its staff working at the shop tested positive…
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News
Safaricom Partners With Media Houses To Offer Digital Newspapers For Ksh.20
All Safaricom Customers will be able to access Digital Newspaper for a promotional price of Ksh.20 per day for the…
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CYBER SECURITY
Safaricom Now Notifies You When Someone Tries To Register a SIM Card Using your ID
SIM swap frauds are pretty common in Kenya but Safaricom has been stepping up its game to tackle the menace.…
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New Appointments
Safaricom’s Sanda Ojiambo Appointed United Nations Global Compact Executive Director
Sanda Ojiambo, Safaricom’s Head of Sustainable Business and Social Impact has been appointed as the Executive Director of the United…
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News
Safaricom did not steal Okoa Jahazi idea, court rules
Safaricom did not steal the Okoa Jahazi idea, the court ruled on March 11, 2020. The complainants, Christopher Omare and…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Extends Bonga For Good Program By 30 Days
Safaricom is extending its Bonga For Good campaign for an extra 30 days. That means the program will now end…
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News
Safaricom to provide free data, voice call minutes and SMSs to over 5,500 Government healthcare workers
As the effects of the coronavirus continue to bite, Safaricom has announced that it will provide communication support for the…
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Interviews
#TechTrendsChats : Safaricom CEO, Peter Ndegwa on Telco’s expansion plans to Ethiopia and other African markets
Safaricom expansion plans to Ethiopia: Safaricom has been planning to expand to the Ethiopian market for a while now. When…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom partners with Visa to develop M-Pesa products for customers and merchants
Safaricom has entered into a new partnership with digital payments leader Visa to develop products that will support digital payments…
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News
Safaricom to Launch Lipa Mdogo Mdogo, A Cheap Device Financing Product With Flexible Payment
Amidst the financial year results announcement today, Safaricom has revealed plans to launch a smartphone financing product dubbed Lipa Mdogo…
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BUSINESS
Free Cash Transfers Cost Safaricom Ksh.650 Million In losses In March
The removal of transaction charges for M-PESA transactions below Kshs,1,000 over coronavirus outbreak has seen Safaricom lose Ksh.650 million in…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom’s M-PESA revenues from betting declined by Ksh.1.9B
Safaricom’s M-Pesa revenue shrunk by 33%, amounting to a whooping 1.9 Billion due to reduced betting activities in the country.…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom FY20 Revenue Grew by an impressive 14.3% to KShs.71.7 Billion Beating Expectations
Kenya’s largest telco, Safaricom, has just released its financial results of the year, which has indicated strong revenue growth. Profits…
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News
Safaricom Data Traffic Up By 40 Percent Due To Stay At Home Order
Kenya’s largest telco, Safaricom, has reported a 40 percent spike in data traffic as more Kenyan stay at home in…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom partners with more PSV Matatus to Collect Fares through M-PESA
Safaricom has partnered with more matatu Saccos to collect fares through M-Pesa. The telco first launched the service last month…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom And Vodacom Fully Acquire The M-PESA Brand From Vodafone
Safaricom and Vodacom have announced that they have now completed the full acquisition of the M-PESA brand from Vodafone through…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Customers To Pay Less As Telco Implements Government’s Reduction In VAT Order
As of today, you may have already heard that the government slashed the Value Added Tax from 16 percent to…
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News
Safaricom, Eneza, Longhorn And Viusasa Partner To Enable Free Access To Educational Content
As the effects of Coronavirus continue to bite Safaricom has partnered with Eneza Education, Longhorn Publishers and Viusasa to provide…
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News
Zuku Reclaims Top Spot As The Largest Fixed Data Provider In Kenya Surpassing Safaricom
Wanachi-owned Zuku has reclaimed its top spot as the country’s largest fibre internet provider, according to latest Sector Statistics report…
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News
How To Stop Promotional Messages On Safaricom Through WhatsApp
Promotional text messages can be annoying sometimes especially for services you did not subscribe to. A number of users have…
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News
Safaricom Will Have A System Maintenance On Sunday – Here’s What You Need To Know
Kenya’s largest internet service provider, Safaricom, has a planned system maintenance that will take place this Sunday (22nd March). During…
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News
Safaricom Waives Fees For M-PESA Transactions Below Ksh 1000 Over Coronavirus Outbreak
Safaricom has announced that they have waived off all the transaction fees for M-PESA transactions below Ksh 1000. In a…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Doubles Daily M-PESA Transaction Limit To Ksh 150,000
In a meeting held today, Kenya’s largest telco, Safaricom, has scrapped off charges for all transactions below Ksh 1000. Also,…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom’s AI Chatbot Zuri Brings A One-Stop Support Desk On WhatsApp
Safaricom’s AI Chatbot Zuri is a hell of a kind. The telco is the only one in the country with…
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Safaricom’s AI chatbot Zuri now available on WhatsApp – How to activate
Remember Zuri? Safaricom’s artificial intelligence (AI) Chatbot to manage customers’ queries. Well, she’s now available on WhatsApp. Zuri has been…
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BUSINESS
Understanding The New Safaricom PostPay plan
Safaricom has a revised its PostPay plans to make the product more appealing to more user now. We have already…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom New PostPay plans – How to join and everything you need to know
Kenya’s leading telco Safaricom finally rolled out new PostPay plans for its consumers. Unlike previously, the new packages have been…
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News
Safaricom Plans To Launch Device Financing Models For PostPay Customers
After unveiling their new PostPay plans yesterday, Safaricom announced that they plan to bring financing models for smartphones. Through this,…
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News
Safaricom Introduces New PostPay Plans With No Expiry Data And Minutes – How To Enroll
Safaricom has introduced new offerings for its postpaid customers. The new packages have been harmonized to offer more value for…
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CLOUD
Safaricom Becomes Amazon Web Services Reseller In Kenya and EA
Safaricom has today announced a partnership with Amazon Web Services, which will see the telco resell AWS services in Kenya…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom’s integrated mobile platform DigiFarm wins Global Mobile Award
Safaricom’s integrated mobile platform DigiFarm has been named the Best Mobile Innovation for Emerging Markets in this year’s Global Mobile…
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News
Safaricom Hits Back Accusing Petitioner Of Stealing Customer Data In The Ksh115 Trillion Lawsuit
Last year July Safaricom was sued in a class-action suit with one Benedict Kabugi Ngungu, for mishandling customer data. According…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Will Consider Huawei To Build Its 5G Infrastructure
By now it’s presumed that you are aware of 5G, the next generation of wireless technology that takes over 4G.…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom’s 200 Percent Storo Bonus Promotion is Back
Kenya’s largest telco, Safaricom, is back with its Stori Ibambe promotion, which offered its subscribers a 200 percent airtime bonus…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom rolls out new 0110, 0111 mobile prefixes
Safaricom has today announced the introduction of SIM cards with the 0110 and 0111 prefixes. The sim cards will be…
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BUSINESS
Samsung, Safaricom and M-Kopa unveil financing plan for the Galaxy A10s, don’t go for it
Safaricom, Samsung and M-Kopa today morning launched a new product or what they are calling a pay as you go…
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News
Safaricom Reportedly Plans To Launch 5G In Nairobi This Week
Kenya’s largest telco Safaricom is reportedly planning to roll out 5G in some parts of the country. This is according…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Partners With Ria Money To Enable International Money Transfers With M-PESA
Safaricom has today announced a new partnership with Ria Money Transfer that will allow MPESA users to receive money from…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom and M-Gas partner to offer prepaid gas services for Kenyan homes
Safaricom and M-Gas have launched a prepaid gas service for Kenyan households. The new service according to the two is…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Denies It Plans To Start Monetizing User Location Data – Here Is What Was Happening
Early this week, I am sure you were bombarded with several articles alleging that Kenya’s biggest telco Safaricom was planning…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Customers Being Conned Using Telco’s Official Number
Looks like fraudsters are always devising new ways to con people on the Safaricom network. A number of users are…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Is Now The Largest Fiber Internet Provider In Kenya
Safaricom has now beaten Zuku to claim the number one spot in the fixed broadband market. The Wananchi Group-owned ISP…
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News
Safaricom M-PESA Users Can Now Invest and Earn Interest Through Mali
Mali is a new product by Safaricom that is targeted at M-PESA customers. Through Mali – Swahili name for Wealth,…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Partners with Posta Kenya to Bring Digital P. O. Boxes tied to your Phone Number
Safaricom has today announced a partnership with Posta Kenya in a move to roll out digital post office boxes through…
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News
Safaricom M-PESA Black Friday Deal: Get 5% Back For Using Lipa Na M-Pesa
Tomorrow (November 29th) is Friday and since it is the last Friday in November, it is Black Friday. Many brands…
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News
Safaricom Introduces New Internet Plans For Businesses
Apart from the popularly known home fiber plans, which are considerably cheaper, Safaricom also offers internet solutions for businesses. These…
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News
Safaricom, Huawei among companies shortlisted for AfricaCom Awards 2019
Safaricom, MTN and Huawei are among the companies that have been shortlisted for the 2019 AfricaCom Awards. AfricaCom Awards 2019…
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News
New Changes Available on Safaricom | Data Bundles with no Expiry, Free Sim Cards and more
Kenya’s biggest Telco Safaricom, in celebration of its 19th birthday, made a few changes to its operations. See, I’ll go…
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New Appointments
Peter Ndegwa is the new Safaricom CEO
Safaricom has announced the appointment of Mr. Peter Ndegwa as the company’s Chief Executive Officer effective April 1, 2020. Ndegwa joins Safaricom…
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News
More than 3 Million Safaricom Customers Subscribed To The Free YouTube Bundles To Watch #Eliud159
Today was the D-day when Kenya’s renowned Marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge was partaking his INEOS 159 Challenge. As promised before,…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Has Rebranded M-PESA To Support Eliud Kipchoge’s Challenge
Safaricom has rebranded its M-PESA logo in honor of Eliud Kipchoge in his challenge to become the first-ever athlete to…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom has sold over 0.6 million Neon Devices in 2019
Safaricom’s Neon smartphones have been on the lower end of the smartphone market in Kenya, owing to their puny pricing…
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Gadgets
List of hottest top-tier devices selling at Safaricom Shops
Safaricom shops have been known as one of the reputable places in the country to buy gadgets ranging from smartphones,…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Wants Telkom and Airtel to Pay Ksh 1.3 Billion Debt Before Merger
Telkom Kenya Chief Executive Mugo Kibati on Tuesday said Safaricom was interfering with the Airtel-Telkom merge. Speaking at a news…
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Internship
Safaricom Technology Academy Internship
The Safaricom Technology Academy is a 3 month internship program that is targeted to Ongoing Kenyan Degree Students. The Safaricom…
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Internship
Digital Sales Internship at Safaricom – Safaricom Discover Trainee Program
We are pleased to announce the Safaricom Discover Trainee Program in line with our future business needs. Safaricom PLC is…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom Revamps Storo Bonus with Free YouTube Bundles
Safaricom Kenya has unveiled a new plan adding free 200MB YouTube Bundles on top of the 200% Airtime bonus. This…
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News
Safaricom Home Fibre Now Available at a 50% Discount for New Customers
Safaricom has unveiled plans to capture more Home fibre subscribers by offering a 50% discount for new customers. The offer…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom says its mobile agriculture platform DigiFarm will outgrow M-PESA five years
Safaricom believes that mobile agriculture platform DigiFarm will outgrow M-PESA in the next five years. Speaking at the Afro-Asian Fintech…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom’s Masoko Plans Expansion into more Sub-Saharan Countries in 2020
Masoko online retailer by Kenya’s largest telco Safaricom has revealed their expansion plans into more sub- Saharan countries in 2020.…
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24BIt
24Bit Podcast Episode 16: Safaricom Reverse Calls
Did you use reverse calls back in the day or are you one of those who didn’t know what that…
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BUSINESS
Michael Joseph Named Safaricom Interim CEO
Michael Joseph has been appointed interim Chief Executive Officer of Safaricom following Bob Collymore’s death yesterday. A statement issued by…
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BUSINESS
Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore Passes On
Safaricom C.E.O Bob Collymore has passed on. Bob passed on at his home this morning according to a statement from…
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