Approximately every five years the word AI receives a new operational definition. There was a time the word applied to any machine that could perform binary computation, where your typical…

Hate it or love it Safaricom still offers the best mobile Internet service in the country, although extremely expensive. But the expensive part seems to have reduced from extremely expensive…

DigiFarm has been recognized for demonstrating notable collaboration between stakeholders, demonstrating how old technology can be used to improve the lives. The Safaricom backed platform has been awarded the Best…

Finally it has been done. Safaricom has a new CEO. He is Peter Ndegwa – currently the CEO of Diageo Continental Europe. Peter Ndegwa has an extensive experience in management,…

1 million jobs, more precisely, 979,000 jobs, are the number of jobs currently sustained by Safaricom, both directly and indirectly, as the biggest telecommunication company continues to contribute to the…

BLAZE by Safaricom held its third summit of the fourth season of BLAZE Be Your Own Boss in Kisumu County where attendees interacted with local mentors who are industry experts…

Safaricom (NSE: SCOM) has announced plans to expand its e-commerce proposition Masoko to other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa by year 2020. This is on the backdrop of an expected growth of Smartphones…

Telecommunication companies in Kenya have appealed to the government to withdraw the order that requires telcos to shut down the pay bill numbers and short codes of betting companies whose…

Young scientists Kenya (YSK) will be holding the National Science and Technology Exhibition in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, The Embassy of Ireland and BLAZE by Safaricom. The exhibition…

July 2019 marks yet another year of significant investment in financial technology in the realisation that the future of banking is in digital finance. Firms in the digital finance sector…

Following the passing on of the Safaricom’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr. Robert (Bob) William Collymore on 1 July 2019, the telecom giant has appointed an interim CEO. At a…

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…

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 with…

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 CEO, Bob Collymore…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…