Aren't we all tired of the ‘credit-eating’ trap that we get into, whenever we innocently click on a link or an Ad that asks for our phone numbers? But then again, maybe you are just tired of the constant promotional texts that never seem to stop. I know that I ...
Accelerated rollout to see the company cover all major towns in the country and 80% of the population with high-speed connectivity Safaricom has today announced plans to double its 4G network coverage to 5000 base stations by March 2020, covering all major towns and 80% of the Kenya population. The ...
The partnership will see both organizations work towards creating more opportunities to empower Kenyans using a mix of technology and financial solutions. Equity Group Holdings PLC and Safaricom PLC have today announced plans to create a joint transformation agenda that aims to enable more Kenyans to access critical services using ...
All Safaricom Customers to Enjoy Customized Tunukiwa Double Airtime Offers Safaricom customers are set to enjoy double talk-time to all networks over the next three months. The offer will be available to all 30 million customers through the Tunukiwa Service by dialing *444*0# after which they can purchase an offer to ...
Safaricom has launched a customer promotion campaign, dubbed “Shukrani Kocho Kocho Kenya Nzima” to drive sales and revenues as it will make its customers spend more in anticipation of winning, akin to gambling. The Shukrani KochoKocho Kenya Nzima promotion is a new strategy by Safaricom to build a long-term and ...
Safaricom has announced the appointment of Ms. Rose Ogega to its Board. At the Board of Directors’ meeting held on 12th February 2019, the board approved the appointment of Ms. Ogega as an independent non-executive director effective 12th February 2019. “Ms. Ogega brings wealth of experience spanning over 25 years advising and ...
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 effective from midnight tonight. "Despite this increase, our ...
As a local web and mobile app developer, Joshua Mutua, the founder and CEO of KejaHunt and KejaMove, businesses in real estate and relocations respectively; struggled to buy domain names online on sites such as Godaddy, Namecheap and domains.com because he had no credit card. His bank also limited his ...
WeChat is fueling a giant ecosystem in China. It has 902 million users daily, 806 million monthly users for WeChat Pay in 25 countries. The giant social chat and payments platform also sees 205 million connected calls every day and 68 million videos are posted every day. Even more, WeChat ...
GSMA and mobile money providers across Africa and the world have launched the GSMA Mobile Money Certification, in a bid to offer transparent and more resilient financial services to millions of mobile money users around the world. According to the GSMA, the certification is designed to enhance consumer trust and ...
Ms. Sylvia Mulinge has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Vodacom Tanzania PLC. She joins the Company from Safaricom in Kenya where she currently serves as the Director for Consumer Business having joined the company in 2006. Mulinge will succeed Ian Ferrao before August 31, 2018. Ms. Mulinge ...
Led by Yannis Pitsiladis, a Professor of Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Brighton and a member of the International Olympic Committee’s Medical and Scientific Commission, SUB2 aims to demonstrate how science and technology can fairly help athletes improve their performance. SUB2 is an Internet of Things (IoT) technology ...
iflix has partnered with Safaricom to give its customers up to 60 days of unlimited access to thousands of TV shows, movies and more on every device they own in a move to push up its user numbers. However, the problem is that not many Safaricom customers use their mobile ...
Safaricom and Radio Africa Group have unveiled a music streaming service offering a wide variety of music to consumers, as well as an additional platform for artistes to sell their music. Dubbed “SONGA by Safaricom”, the Radio Africa Group-owned streaming service will compete with 88mph's Mdundo, Boomplay Music and the ...
Safaricom has extended its 4G network to all the 47 counties in Kenya in a competitive bid that will see clueless Jamii Telecom's Faiba Mobile struggle to catch up. Safaricom also announced that by the month of November 2017 its active 4G subscribers had reached 1 million across the country. ...
Kenya's M-Shwari, a mobile lending and saving solution owned by Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) and running on Safaricom will now be available to smartphone users through MySafaricom App. The firm, which today celebrated its 5th anniversary with over 21 million customers in Kenya also introduced smart pricing for loans according to ...
Jamii Telecommunications has this evening Tuesday 5th December launched its Faiba 4G mobile network in Nairobi, a move expected to fuel a data price war with competition Safaricom, Telkom Kenya, Airtel and Equitel. Faiba 4G, which is expected to kill the firm's own home fibre internet Faiba Home will be ...
Safaricom has today launched M-PESA services for visually impaired customers to allow them to access mobile money services through voice commands. By dialing 234, then selecting the “M-PESA Services” option, followed by the “M-PESA Balance” option, the customers will be able to enter their PIN and then their M-PESA balances ...
Safaricom is remodeling some of its shops to cater for emerging services such as connected businesses, smart homes, and e-commerce, a move expected to bolster the reach of its Masoko e-tail store. The remodeled shops will work as pick up points if for the Masoko if consumers choose. At the ...
Safaricom's Masoko struggled for several hours before and after launch of its first ever Masoko Black Friday Campaign which started at 0:00 hours on Friday, November 24. Potential buyers who visited the site found it offline and several others couldn't proceed to buy or check out anything from the site. ...
Safaricom has announced that the firm contracted to deliver Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) results will refund all the affected customers. In a statement issued yesterday by Safaricom, Joe Ogutu, Safaricom's Director of Strategy said, "We have instructed Challa Communications to refund all of the affected customers starting this afternoon, ...
Masoko (Swahili for ‘markets’), a Safaricom-owned marketplace has finally launched to the public with less fanfare and pomp than expected, an indication that the giant telco acknowledges that unlike airtime retail, eCommerce is not its forte. As a marketplace, Masoko has borrowed heavily from Jumia-including hiring some ex-Jumia executives who hurt ...
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 that it aided the ruling party to rig ...
Safaricom's net profits for the first six months ended September 30th grew by 9.5 percent to hit Ksh 26.2 billion up from Ksh 23.93 billion the same period last year. The telco also saw 10.8% increase in the customer base to 29.5m. Voice service revenue grew by 3.6% to Kshs 47.35bn ...
TechMoran has been duly informed that the CEO of Telecom company, Safaricom has gone on a necessary medical leave which would last for some months. The Chief Financial Officer of the coy would take the reins during this period. Read the press release below... Safaricom Plc (NSE: SCOM) today announces ...
Showmax has been a trend setter in many aspects, first capable contender on video-on-demand and first to have an affordable data plan for African online show streamers on Kenya's Safaricom network just to name a few. Showmax is more than just different. It's like the cute and rich chick you ...
Uber has hired a new GM for West Africa as Safaricom-backed Little prepares to launch in a few weeks. Uber says its new GM for West Africa, Lola Kassim, who is replacing Ebi Atawodi will oversee the firm's West Africa strategy, improve its UberX service and create additional value for ...
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 4th Quarter 2016/2017 (PDF), the Ksh. 1.2 trillion ...
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 of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Ndegwa Muhoro to probe ...
Low cost airline Jambojet has announced a joint campaign with Safaricom that will see customers of the budget airline who pay their airfare using the Lipa Na M-PESA service rewarded with discount vouchers and redeemable points. Dubbed Buy and Fly with Lipa Na M-PESA and Jambojet, the three weeks campaign ...
