Tag: Safaricom
How New 14% VAT Affects Safaricom Products and Services
COVID-19. We all have a general idea about the virus and what it has done to the world.
In a Kenya context, the government has...
Only Airtel Kenya Gained Market Share in Mobile Subscriptions in Q2 2019/2020
The latest sector statistics numbers from the Communications Authority of Kenya are here. The Authority, which is tasked with the policing of the ICT...
Safaricom Kes 1000 M-PESA Waiver Accidently Skips Business Accounts, Fix is Incoming
A few days ago, the CBK directed mobile operators and financial institutions to adjust their mobile money products to cushion the adverse effects of...
KCB and Safaricom Set Aside Kshs 30 Billion For Lending, Opens Door to Blacklisted Defaulters
Safaricom and KCB have today announced that they have set aside billions of shillings that will be made available for people to lend.
The companies...
Safaricom Waives MPESA Fees due to Coronavirus
Safaricom has announced that they have waived fees for MPESA transactions below Kshs 1000 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Starting tomorrow, all person to person...
New Okoa Jahazi Feature Leaves Greedy Opportunists With Huge Debt
Safaricom has had a number of network glitches in the past. The famous one was when people realized they could buy a ton of...
Safaricom Revamps MPESA Global User Interface on MySafaricom App
Safaricom has recently pushed an update to the old mySafaricom app on Android (yes there is a new one) which adds a minor feature.
The...
10 Things to Know About the New Safaricom PostPay
By now, the majority of us are aware that Safaricom refreshed its PostPay product to generally positive reception from customers. The operator, which has...
Safaricom Will Integrate M-Ledger on the new MySafaricom App
M-Ledger is was developed due to MPESA's continued use in the country. It became popular because it was able to obtain data from your...
Safaricom Testing Revamped MySafaricom App for Android
Safaricom's mySafaricom app was launched almost 4 years ago and it has truly earned its place on my home screen. I use it to...
Safaricom and Airtel Kenya PostPay Plans: Which is Better?
Safaricom has revised its PostPay product to appeal to more people now. For those who need how to hop in, here is a detailed...
How to Join, Upgrade and Exit Safaricom’s New PostPay Plans
Safaricom has lifted the curtains off its new post-pay plan that starts at KES 1000 all the way to KES 10,000. This is the...
Safaricom PostPay Revamped With Lots of Data, Starts at Kes 1000
Data and call plans are some of the hotly contested products for any mobile carrier. Market leader Safaricom has been at the forefront in...
Safariom to Resell Amazon Web Services Following Plans to Set Up An Edge Site in Nairobi
In early November, we learned that Amazon Web Services, which is the world’s largest cloud computing service provider, was planning to set up an...
Safaricom to Consider Contracting Huawei to Build its 5G Network
Kenya's biggest telecom carrier, Safaricom will consider awarding a contract to Huawei as they roll out their 5G network this year. Michael Joseph, Safaricom's...
Safaricom Users Complain Over Network Issues Affecting Calls
If you noticed you had a problem making a phone call on the Safaricom network, you are probably not alone.
Today, Safaricom users are reporting...
These are the New Prefixes for Safaricom and Airtel Issued by Regulator
Our mobile phone carriers have a lot of prefixes that they use to uniquely identify each other. We can generally tell which phone number...
Magoha Sparks Online Controversy After Questioning Safaricom’s Social Responsibility
A statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education Magoha that corporates which turn in profits should give back to society has sparked outrage on...
Safaricom and East Africa Data Handlers Point Fingers at Each Other Following a KES 20 Million Payments Loss
Safaricom has sued East Africa Data Handlers in a case that the operator claims saw it lose KES 20.3 million following a breach of...
M-Post Nets 150,000 Subscriptions Two Months After Launch
About two months ago, the Postal Corporation of Kenya (Posta) alongside mobile carrier Safaricom decided to collaborate on a product named M-Post that targeted...
Do Not Board: Samsung and M-Kopa Reveals Outrageously Expensive Payment Plan for the Galaxy A10s
Buying phones on a contract like Americans do is something we have been waiting for for so long, but I have high levels of...
Safaricom Spotted Testing Chargeable WiFi Zones in Nairobi
It appears that Safaricom is testing wireless internet access points in the CBD. The carrier, which has gone a long way to roll out...
Safaricom Will Allegedly Launch 5G This Week in Nairobi
About a week ago, Safaricom was spotted testing 5G in Kenya. 5G is the next evolution of wireless technology that promises faster speeds and...
Safaricom Spotted Testing 5G in Kenya
5G is the new generation of wireless technology that has generated so much hype due to one thing: the speeds. 5G milimeter wave is...
M-Gas Partners with Safaricom, Intros Subscription Cooking Gas for Low Income Kenya Households
Safaricom is no stranger to trying new things. After collaborating with the Postal Corporation of Kenya to bring P.O. Box addresses to anybody with...
Parliament Rejects Safaricom’s Petition to Not Submit Business Contracts to CAK
Telco Safaricom has failed to persuade the National Assembly Committee on Finance and National Planning to drop a clause in the competition law that...
Michael Joseph Admits Not Fancying Masoko, Safaricom’s Degraded E-Commerce Platform
Safaricom’s Masoko, an e-commerce platform, was launched nearly three years ago. You would assume, through fault of your own that a company like Safaricom...
Safaricom Steathily Released Masoko App on the App Stores
You might not know this but Safaricom has a dedicated Masoko app on the main smartphone app stores.
What We Know About Safaricom’s 0722000000 Con Game, and What the Operator is Doing About It
Alright. People have been subjected to a new con game where fraudsters use Safaricom’s 072200000 line to reach out to customers, and lie about...
Safaricom Apparently Seeks to Take Advantage of Customer Location Data Tracking Platform
Safaricom has invited bids to seek suppliers of a location tracking and intelligence platform which is quite interesting.
In a bid notice, they express interest...
