Tag: Safaricom

A couple of days ago, we learned that the CBK was in the process of reinstating bank to mobile money ...

Safaricom has two primary apps for customers: the M-PESA app, which has since been downloaded more than 8 million times, ...

Safaricom has been making some ruthless decisions over the last couple of months regarding how its services are dispensed to ...

The creation of the Hustler Fund was President William Ruto's main campaign promise and as soon as he got into ...

Mobile (SIM) subscriptions have undergone ups and downs this year. At the end of the fourth quarter of the previous ...

We have already established that Safaricom will introduce Bonga Points expiry from January 2023. This means that Bonga points that ...

Safaricom has announced that Bonga Points will now be expiring, starting from January 1st, 2023. The loyalty program has been ...

Safaricom has announced its entrance into investments in unit trust by launching a new product called Mali. With Mali, customers ...

When the pandemic started, telcos and banks adjusted the rate of sending money to and from their accounts to cushion ...

Safaricom has announced the financial results for the first six months of FY23. The announcement was made at Safaricom’s Michael ...

UPDATE: Junior accounts will turn into ordinary accounts once minors turn 18. Parents will also be able to monitor what ...

Safaricom launched 5G services just a couple of days ago. However, availability is limited to select places, and you need ...

Safaricom’s M-PESA is its biggest product, and one of the many services that make the telco attractive to Kenyans. M-PESA ...

Safaricom customers will now be able to purchase LG electronics using Bonga points. This development was announced today after LG ...

Safaricom has revealed a partnership with music streaming service Boomplay, which lauds itself with over 85 million local and international tracks ...

Sometime this year, Safaricom announced that it was planning to release M-PESA Junior Accounts for minors. This development has not ...

UPDATE: This seems to be working for the old Postpay (the KES 1000 one), and not the new postpay that ...

In 2014, Safaricom launched a $1 million Spark Venture Fund. Its goal was to allow technology entrepreneurs access to financing, ...

5G is now official in the country - at least Safaricom 5G. The company has commercially rolled it out today ...

Safaricom has been teasing 5G services for an extended period. The first mention of the 4G network successor went live ...

Safaricom has announced a very interesting service today. It is called Daima, and seeks to ensure that people who travel ...

Safaricom has many ways of making money. However, its biggest asset has been M-PESA, and all other products and services ...

Safaricom has announced that it is trialing VoWiFi (Voice over WiFi), which enables fibre to the customer’s home/building to make ...

Safaricom’s mobile data coverage is the best in Kenya, and this has been the case for the past years. While ...

Back in early 2021, Safaricom announced the availability of its 5G services. At that time, there were a few test ...

By John Kamwengu As an ICT pundit, I must admit I was caught off guard when I first heard of ...

M-Shwari, which is owned by lender NCBA and telco Safaricom is set to become a standalone company in the coming ...

Fuliza, which was introduced in 2019 in a partnership between Safaricom, NCBA, and KCB now has new discounted tariffs. The ...

The Safaricom split story has always been a hot discussion topic among lawmakers, and other people with vested interests in ...

Safaricom introduced reverse calls back in 2019. The service was launched to complement ‘Please Call Me’ which has been in ...

Mobile internet speeds are always a hot topic for discussion among consumers. Fast speeds are always better, but that always ...

Today, Safaricom has updated its MySafaricom App with a couple of new features. The utility app, which is one of ...

The SIM registration exercise raised some key concerns back when the state compelled Kenya SIM card holders to clarify the ...

Kenya had peaceful polls in 2022, after which William Ruto was declared the President. The elections were also backed by ...

Ever since Kenyans became creative with data bundle sharing, Safaricom decided to end the vice by aggressively managing the service. ...