Tag: Safaricom

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 ...

The road to launching services in Ethiopia has been long for Safaricom. After lots of bidding and going through multiple ...

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. ...

Safaricom, among its partners (Vodacom Group, Sumitomo Corporation, and CDC Group all named Global Partnership for Ethiopia (GPE)), acquired operating license for ...

Mobile money penetration has grown steadily since last year when it stood at 68%. It now stands at 73.8% as ...

Safaricom has been doing a lot in terms of how its management team dispenses services to its customers. The corporation, ...

Carrier Safaricom, alongside partners including Nokia, performed a pilot test for 4G and 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network slicing ...

Telcos globally, in the continent and in the country are switching to 5G. We've even seen 5G devices being launched ...

Safaricom does not have a good track record as far as data sharing is concerned. The telco decided to axe ...

Safaricom has been making a lot of changes to its management team lately. The majority of its chief executive members ...

There are tens of programs that have been developed to train Kenyans in digital skills. Some of them are backed ...

Just the other day, we looked at the performance of mobile internet in Kenya. Some interesting bits were highlighted, such ...

Back in 2020, there were talks that Safaricom would split its business. The plan was to separate its mobile money ...

For two days last week, with a Friday 15 conclusion, Safaricom held its first Engineering Summit at Sarit Centre, Nairobi. ...

At the start of the year, it was revealed that the CBK was planning to launch an interoperability system that ...

Safaricom has a product in the pipeline called Faraja. Basically, it allows customers to shop from retail stores on a ...

Safaricom is always trying to make its network better. And from time to time, it schedules maintenance work to address ...

Kenya is no stranger to strong technology brand presence. Global tech companies are setting up their shops in the country, ...

We interact with brands using their social media handles, and in most cases, the correspondence, which is usually in the ...