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Airtel Kenya increases its voice, data costs by 30 cents & SMS by 10 cents as excise duty bites

In view of the recent increase in excise duty, other taxes and rising input costs, Airtel Kenya has announced it has been constrained to increase its headline voice and data tariffs by 30 cents each and its SMS tariff by 10 cents…

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Safaricom increases its Voice, SMS and Data prices in line with the new taxes

On Thursday, October 18th, 2018 at 12:27pm by TechMoran

Safaricom has increased its voice, SMS and Data prices after the recent changes to taxes passed through the Finance Act 2018 which called for the increase of Excise Duty tax applicable on Voice, SMS and Data services from 10% to 15%. The…

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Boost chatbot to assist Kenyan mobile consumers select and buy the best airtime bundles

On Tuesday, October 9th, 2018 at 11:37am by TechMoran

Boost by Overview has launched to help users select and buy the best airtime bundle for their needs after analyzing a user’s requirements for data, SMS and minutes. Boost helps users compare, select and purchase the bundles that fit you best at…

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Helios acquires majority stake in MENA’s direct carrier billing firm TPAY

On Tuesday, September 18th, 2018 at 3:51pm by TechMoran

Helios, an Africa-focused private investment firm has acquired a 76% stake in MENA’s direct carrier billing firm TPAY provider from A15, a leading tech investment fund based in Egypt. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. A15 and senior management will remain…

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Safaricom launches installment payment plan to increase smartphone uptake among 10m feature phone users

On Monday, August 20th, 2018 at 11:00am by TechMoran

Safaricom has launched a three-month campaign to increase smartphone uptake among Kenya’s feature phone users by offering affordable 3G devices, convenient payment terms and personalized data offers. Through the “Maisha Ni Digital” campaign, Safaricom hopes to give at least 10 million Kenyans access…

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Telkom rejigs its Fibre-to-the-Building broadband speeds with a 1Gbps offering to attract more businesses

On Wednesday, June 13th, 2018 at 4:24pm by TechMoran

Telkom has revamped its Fibre-to-the-Building broadband speeds with a 1Gbps offering to attract more businesses and individuals looking for high speed fibre internet to their premises in the city and across the country. This comes just a year after the company rebranded,…

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Meet Rain, South Africa’s data-only 4G network where data never expires

On Saturday, June 9th, 2018 at 9:19pm by TechMoran

Rain, a new generation 4G network has launched in South Africa with plans to redefine how South Africans use mobile data and their costs. Rain is 20% owned by the Patrice Motsepe owned African Rainbow Capital Investments (ARC) among others. Former FNB CEO,…

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VODACOM M-PESA CELEBRATES 10 YEARS OF TRANSFORMING LIVES IN TANZANIA

On Wednesday, May 30th, 2018 at 8:46pm by Dennis Mathu

Vodacom Tanzania PLC today marks 10 years since the introduction of Vodacom M-Pesa in Tanzania. Over the past decade, Vodacom M-Pesa has evolved into a robust ecosystem of services covering utility payments, mobile banking, savings and loans, international remittance and much more,…

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A decade after Kenya got undersea fibre optic cables, getting internet in rural areas is still elusive

On Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 at 10:32am by Charity Mbaka

John Mwangi is a Kenyatta University graduate student finalizing his MBA research and doing online his accountancy and financial examinations from various bodies, both locally and internationally. To do his research, he spends his time in the field interviewing coffee and dairy…

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NRM Safaricom boycott to render 1million people jobless- Dealers Association

On Monday, November 6th, 2017 at 4:14pm by Susan Mwenesi

Kenya has seen a dramatic election period that was characterized by bitter rigging accusations by the National Super Alliance to Jubilee, the ruling party. In the accusations, the country biggest telcom according to subscriber numbers was roped in with the opposition insisting…

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French telco Orange Group launches Orange Bank, a 100% mobile-based bank

On Friday, November 3rd, 2017 at 11:41am by TechMoran

French telco Orange Group has launched its new banking offer in mainland France. This 100% mobile-based offer dubbed Orange Bank will offer free real-time balances, mobile payment and a virtual adviser that is available 24-hours a day, 7-days a week. The telco…

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Airtel Sierra Leone rebranded to Orange Sierra Leone after acquisition

On Wednesday, October 18th, 2017 at 6:31pm by TechMoran

Orange has officially launched its brand in Sierra Leone after completing the acquisition of Airtel Sierra Leone in July 2016 with plans to modernize and expand its coverage and quality of its network, and voice and data services. With seven million people, Sierra Leone is…

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Mobile money transactions in Kenya hit Ksh 1.2 trillion

On Wednesday, October 4th, 2017 at 2:12pm by Susan Mwenesi

Mobile money services continue to soar in popularity among Kenyans as evidenced by the latest numbers where Kenyans have made transactions worth Ksh 1.2 trillion in the fourth quarter of the 2016/2017 financial year. According to the Communications Authority Sector Statistics report for…

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Tobiko directs DCI to investigate Safaricom personnel over flawed August poll

On Wednesday, October 4th, 2017 at 9:35am by Susan Mwenesi

The director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Keriako Tobiko has directed that six Safaricom officers and Jubilee Party chief agent David Chirchir be investigated for allegedly playing a role in the flawed general election held on August 8 2017. Tobiko wants the Directorate…

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Did Safaricom Breach Justice Lenaola’s Privacy?

On Sunday, September 24th, 2017 at 11:46am by Susan Mwenesi

Privacy is an issue subscribers in Kenya hold closely to their hearts so it is no surprise that the country is buzzing with the news of Justice Isaac Lenaola’s letter to Safaricom, a telecommunication giant in Kenya. In the letter that was…

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Fenix raises over $4m from MTN, Swedish Embassy & USAID to launch pay-to-own solar home systems in Zambia

On Wednesday, August 2nd, 2017 at 8:18pm by TechMoran

Fenix International, a venture-backed pay-to-own home solar system technology and and financial services firm has raised funds from MTN, the Swedish Embassy in Zambia and USAID to launch pay-to-own solar home systems in Zambia. The funding together with MTN’s distribution networks will…

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Liquid Telecom raises $700 million to expand its network capabilities & service offering across Africa

On Monday, July 17th, 2017 at 11:54am by TechMoran

Liquid Telecom has successfully raised $700 million to refinance the group’s existing debt and to support its growth strategy as it continues to rapidly scale and expand its network capabilities and service offering across Africa. The group raised $550 million in the…

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UPDATED: Tangazoletu hits ten years, seeking partners to bring financial services to ten million unbanked Kenyans

On Sunday, July 16th, 2017 at 3:05pm by TechMoran

Kenya’s mobile money integrator for merchants Tangazoletu has marked ten years of its existence with an ambitious target to bring ten million unbanked Kenyans in the informal sector through financial technology solutions. According to Chief Executive Officer of Tangazoletu Mr.Chris Gathingu the…

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Goodbye Etisalat Nigeria, Welcome 9Mobile

On Thursday, July 13th, 2017 at 7:31pm by Adeniyi Ogunfowoke

Etisalat Nigeria has changed its brand name to 9Mobile according to the demands of its investors. Mubadala Group had given Etisalat 3 weeks to drop the Etisalat which must have prompted this name change. The United Arab Emirates company owns a 45% in…

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Learning from MainOne’s Outage, Infrastructure sharing and consolidation are the solution to industry distress-Suleiman Arzika

On Monday, July 10th, 2017 at 2:00pm by TechMoran

While the Nation was still reeling from the effects of the outage of the dominant international fiber cable operator Main One, we were hit with the news of the financial/commercial crisis at one of the 4 dominant telecommunications operators Etisalat Nigeria. The…

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US-based mobile game publisher GameMine partners with South Africa’s Vodacom Group for game distribution

On Saturday, July 1st, 2017 at 3:43am by TechMoran

GameMine, a US-based mobile game publisher has partnered with South African’s Vodacom Group to provide a selection of its ad-free mobile games free of charge to Vodacom subscribers. During the promotional trial period, millions of Vodacom subscribers will enjoy GameMine’s more than…

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Safaricom’s Be Your Own Boss reality show refuses to die, launches more verticals to immerse the youth

On Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 at 5:59pm by TechMoran

Safaricom’s youth focused sub-brand Blaze has launched the second season of its youth focused reality show BLAZE Be Your Own Boss (BYOB) to reach more youth to join and remain loyal to its network. “We are glad that the first edition of…

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Safaricom-backed mSurvey launches Consumer Wallet to mine SMS & mobile money data for customer spending habits

On Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 at 5:09pm by TechMoran

Getting reliable data on consumer spending is almost impossible in Kenya and other informal markets across Africa, as there is no data collected on how informal consumers spend, who else is serving that same market and if there are any changes in…

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Telkom Kenya expands 4G presence to 19 more towns across the country

On Monday, June 19th, 2017 at 3:26pm by TechMoran

Telkom, formerly Orange Kenya is expanding its 4G network to 19 more towns giving Kenyans an alternative to experience faster Internet speeds. Telkom subscribers with 4G enabled devices will now enjoy the 4G service in major Kenyan cities and towns following its…

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Safaricom ditches its mobile telco look as it starts journey as an enabler platform for all things digital

On Monday, June 19th, 2017 at 2:41pm by TechMoran

On the surface, there might be nothing much from the new Safaricom logo but deep in its realms the telco is inching closer to its dream of becoming a raft or an enabling platform for just about everything away from its old…

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Telkom selling its 4G “poster boy” image with free SIM swaps countrywide

On Tuesday, June 6th, 2017 at 7:39pm by TechMoran

4G is the new language of the telcos and Telkom is not playing any chances with the youthful segment with its launch of 4G to the home and daily free WhatsApp to all its subscribers. The firm has also promised all its…

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Telkom gets into home data market with a home plan on 4G & free daily WhatsApp

On Tuesday, June 6th, 2017 at 6:57pm by TechMoran

Telkom has entered the home broadband segment with the introduction of a home data offer dubbed the ‘Home Plan’ for its home users with 4G after rebranding and leaving the Orange Telecom ghosts behind. The firm says its Home Plan on 4G…

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Orange is now Telkom, introduces 4G network and new logo

On Tuesday, June 6th, 2017 at 5:47pm by Dennis Mathu

Orange Kenya was today rebranded to Telkom. This change followed the purchase of 60% stake of the company by Helios and the government of Kenya increasing their stake from 30 to 40% one year ago. The official rebranding today marked the official…

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Safaricom’s 4G crosses over 1,100 sites | firm activates 4G+ on 100 sites to remain competitive

On Friday, June 2nd, 2017 at 3:50pm by TechMoran

Safaricom has introduced 4G+ or 4.5G aka LTE-A (LTE-Advanced) which is a faster version of 4G with capacity to allow carrier aggregation or allows any 4G phone to receive data from multiple bands in the 4G spectrum unlike ordinary 4G which only…

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Liquid Telecom names Former Vodafone Group executive as new Neotel CEO

On Friday, May 26th, 2017 at 1:27pm by TechMoran

Econet Group’s Liquid Telecom has named Kyle Whitehill as CEO at Neotel to oversee plans to make extensive upgrades and expansions to Neotel’s network, enabling more customers to access high-speed, reliable connectivity across South Africa. Kyle brings extensive international experience and leadership…

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