Tag: Safaricom

M-Pesa Africa Managing Director, Mr. Sitoyo Lopokoiyit is to be inducted in the 11:FS Hall of Fame for his role ...

In an exclusive last month, Techweez reported that Kenyan-made smartphones were set to hit the market this month. With 10 ...

Safaricom has fully bought M-Pesa Holding Company Limited (MHCL) from the British multinational Vodafone International Holdings BV. The share purchase ...

Safaricom has designed a product targeting Gen Z, a digital native demographic. Dubbed “Safaricom Hook” the product recognizes that this ...

The government of Kenya's tax on mobile money transactions is one of the highest in the African continent.  First introduced ...

The tech industry has long been challenged to step up its efforts in bringing more ladies into the sector. MTN ...

At their ongoing engineering summit, Safaricom PLC announced a program to nurture and upskill young talent joining the tech market. ...

Kenya’s biggest telecommunication company Safaricom let go of 33 members of staff in the financial year ended in March 2023. ...

Safaricom announced to a network maintenance. As it routinely happens, this will have an effect on services Customers should take note ...

We are well into October a month that may yet be historic. It is the month Kenyans expect to have ...

Numbers from Kenya’s largest telco Safaricom indicate Kenya is very much a Fuliza nation. This is based on Safaricom’s Financial ...

Today, Sylvia Mulinge officially marks one year as Chief Executive Officer MTN Uganda. Her appointment last year made a mark as ...

Ms. Kathryne Maundu has resigned from her role as the Company Secretary of Safaricom PLC, effective 30th September 2023. Ms. ...

Safaricom announced an upgrade to its local cloud computing platform and cloud services suite. The move is aimed at empowering ...

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has arrested a sim swap fraudster. The fraudster was arrested by DCI officers based ...

A high court judge has ruled that Safaricom has a case to answer regarding Intellectual property (IP) infringement allegations. Kenyan ...

You may be receiving unwanted calls repeatedly from unknown callers. From vishing (voice phishing) attacks to random marketing calls, and ...

Daraja API is an Application Programming Interface that creates a bridge for payment integration to web and mobile apps. In ...

Safaricom has today increased M-PESA transactions limit to KSh. 250,000 for each transaction. This announcement came after the Mobile money ...

On the 4th of September, Wim Vanhelleputte began work as the second CEO of Safaricom Ethiopia. He took over after ...

The M-Pesa ecosystem is proving to be a crucial infrastructure for businesses and customers on the African continent. Currently, M-Pesa ...

Techweez can now confirm that affordable locally manufactured smartphones will be in the shops in October this year. Earlier in ...

“Safaricom is developing a partnership with Apple Inc. to integrate MPESA and its Paypal platform to extend MPESA's transactional reach ...

Safaricom has had the Sambaza Internet feature since 2013. The feature enables one to share Safaricom bundles from one line ...

Airtel Networks Limited customers spent more time on a single on-net call averaging 2.8 minutes compared to users on other ...

The number of Kenyans using Feature Phones colloquially referred to as “Kabambe” has reduced by 4%. Kenyans with Kabambe phones ...

M-Pesa Go has been reintroduced by Safaricom. The product is meant for M-Pesa users in their teens and pre-teens. Thus, ...

It is human nature to desire a flawless life, one which is free from mistakes, but fallibility is also our ...

Safaricom has announced it is introducing two Neon smartphones to its Lipa Mdogo Mdogo program as it seeks to expand ...

Safaricom has announced the closure of a multi-billion Sustainability Linked Loan (SLL). This deal is part of its Environmental, Social, ...

M-Pesa is poised to roll out a standing orders feature to its users. Traditionally, Safaricom’s M-Pesa has led other mobile ...

Digital lending in Kenya has grown over the years. Digital lenders offer loans to Kenyans primarily via mobile apps and ...

On Wednesday 16th August 2023, Safaricom officially launched its mobile banking service M-Pesa in Ethiopia. “We are excited to go ...

Safaricom has announced it will be increasing M-PESA account and daily transaction limits following approval by the Central Bank of ...

Founding CEO of Kenya's largest telco, Safaricom, Michael Joseph has resigned as a director in the board of Safaricom PLC, ...