I hate please call me texts, I prefer missed calls (flash). Worse than please call me is “Nisambizie credo”, especially when it comes from someone … (wacha tu). Now that those two options ..
Travelers boarding Easy Coach, Modern Coast, Greenline, Palmers and East African Shuttles can now book and purchase bus tickets online and make payments through M-Pesa. This follows Safaricom’s partnership ..
As Safaricom looks to expand M-Pesa services to other countries within the African continent, efforts to acquire the intellectual property rights from Britain’s Vodafone have begun, Safaricom’s ..
Safaricom subscribers purchasing the all in on monthly bundles will now enjoy an additional 5 Gigabytes of YouTube free of cost for the next 30 days. The move by the telecommunication company has been ..
Kenyan youth and citizens will now be in a position to take part in critical discussions and voice their opinions thanks to the Internet of Good Things launched by UNICEF in collaboration with Safaricom. ..
Bob Collymore’s latest tenure as the CEO of Safaricom comes to an end in August 2019, a tenure that he doesn’t want to renew given that he wants to focus on his health. As you can remember, ..
Equity and Safaricom have signed a business pact that aims to see both parties collaborate on delivering critical services using an innovative combination of technology and finance. Projects likely to be rolled ..
Safaricom has partnered with ShowMax in an attempt to clinch online subscribers as school holidays enter the second week. In a deal meant to provide a one-month unlimited access to ShowMax at no cost, ..
Safaricom has announced that it has hit over 30 million subscribers on its network, cementing the telco’s position as the most preferred mobile service provider in Kenya today. The amount of subscribers ..
Safaricom’s Kocho Kocho campaign has been rewarding Kenyans for their loyalty to the telco across counties. The ten-week promotion now on its third week seeks to reward more than 5 million subscribers ..
Kenyans will now be in a position to remit their social security funds and other payments to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) through mobile money. NSSF in conjunction with Safaricom has collaborated ..
A few days ago I watched a video of Tanzania fan of Yanga (Young Africans Sports Club) talking about how he was feeling bad after losing the match to arch rival Simba (Simba Sports Club). What made it interesting ..
Diamond Trust Bank manager, Sophia Njoki Mbogo has accused Safaricom of allowing the release of funds to a man said to have financed the Dusit attack that took place on Tuesday, January 15, 2019. Ms Njoki ..
The caller notify menu also provides a ‘manage blacklist’ option that allows the mobile user to key in specific numbers you wish to block on caller notify with an option of adding or removing numbers.
Safaricom has rolled out “Asante Data Sunday” in which customers will get back all the data they use on Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th November 2018. The move by the telecommunications company is part ..
You will no longer be required to give your phone number to verify payments in big shops such as Supermarkets. In a step to ease business and reduce contact time, Safaricom has upgraded its Lipa na M-Pesa ..
Safaricom is this week marking its 18th anniversary since the official launch on October 23rd, 2000. As part of the anniversary celebrations that began this week, the mobile operator today unveiled a new brand ..
Amid the increase of tariffs by telcos, Telkom has launched the lowest voice bundles in the market and now customers will make voice calls for as low as Ksh 1:50 cents per minute and will also be able ..
Safaricom is seeking to utilize its Fibre to the Home and Cloud services to power home and estate surveillance. In line with this, the telecommunication company has partnered with the Kenya Alliance of Residents ..
SIM swap being the latest method fraudsters have devised to extort money from Kenyans, hundreds of cases were reported in the month of July and August when Kenyans took to online platforms to call out telecommunication ..
Safaricom is determined to give at least 10 million Kenyans access to the internet through their mobile phones in a new partnership with Google Kenya. The three-month campaign “Maisha Ni Digital” is set to increase ..
The Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti has assured the public that the fight against Sim Swap fraud is on course. Speaking during a mobile money fraud risk engagement forum, an initiative ..
As exciting as the forthcoming world of 5G connectivity will be, it’s fraught with incredible complexity as well. Many technology pieces must come together in a seamless manner for us to enjoy the kind ..
When Safaricom announced Maisha Ni MPESA Tu promotion, nothing really happened. Then Kenyans got alerted that the promotion had a surprise component – a surprise where if and when an MPESA user had reached ..
Safaricom in partnership with iProcure, FarmDrive and Arifu will see farmers in Meru County receive localised information and discounted inputs on their crops according to their specific needs following ..
M-Pesa customers and agents will now be rewarded in new loyalty promotion launched by Safaricom. The promotion dubbed “Maisha ni M-PESA tu”, will see a customer rewarded every time they send and receive ..
Kenya’s largest telecoms operator Safaricom could be forced to offer rivals access to its transmission sites and its vast network of mobile money outlets if a draft regulatory report on boosting competition ..
Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore has announced his return to the helm of the organization as the company announced a 19.9% increase in Net Income. Speaking during the company’s Full Year investor briefing, ..
The success of sport betting in Kenya has been discussed at length including the recent introduction of the new taxes. But I think the part which is little talked about is how the use of technology has changed ..
As someone who has been using PayPal for almost ten years now, the announcement this morning that Safaricom has made a deal with Paypal and TransferTo to enable movement of funds between M-PESA and PayPal ..