From thorough frisking at building entrances, random road blocks to ID provision at matatu terminus and recently the ban of tinted car windows all in the name to curb terrorism…

In Kenya today, M-Pesa delays are common occurrences with the mobile platform being the dominant service for money transfer, 10 minutes to an hour to even 24 hrs are worth…

Have you ever done it? Bought Airtime instead of withdrawing the sent amount? No, I haven’t done that but I’ve been caught in a situation of the sort. It was…

Leading mobile subscriber Safaricom, today rolled out one of the first websites in the country that puts the needs of the visually impaired at the core of its development. Safaricom’s…

Vodafone’s telecommunications company Safaricom has withdrawn bid on Yu mobile’s sale deal following the tough conditions given to the two contestants to be fulfilled in six months. The contender has…

Mobile Service providers Safaricom, Airtel have finally been granted conditional approval to acquire Essar Group’s Yu mobile by Kenya’s telecom regulator after an alleged delay by Communications Commission of Kenya….

Infinix Mobility in collaboration with telecommunications company Safaricom has today introduced the stylish affordable Alpha Marvel smartphone to the Kenyan market. The new smartphone comes with 500MB worth of data…

Samsung Nigeria has opened up pre-orders for the new Samsung flagship smartphone Samsung Galaxy S5. If you are in Kenya, don’t worry, Safaricom will have theirs up within the next…

Safaricom is reportedly planning to add (Near Field Communication) NFC payment capabilities to its mobile money platform M-Pesa for smartphones and similar devices which use radio communication with each other…

It is sad to read the news that Yumobile’s plan to exit the Kenyan market is at an advanced stage. Equally sad is the news that Orange is working on…

In case you are not aware, Social Engineers are those who use both social skills (e.g. psychological manipulations) and engineering tools (e.g. a software or a tech gadget) to achieve…

Safaricom’s points earned for every sh10 spent by subscribers on-net have been an in thing to most individuals used to acquire merchandise, free minutes, Short messages and free internet by…

By now you must be aware that YuMobile is exiting the Kenyan market shortly after celebrating its 5th anniversary. The exit to be finalized in three months time will see…

Kenya’s leading mobile service company Safaricom, has taken mobile money a notch higher and is now going global after signing a deal that will see users of MoneyGram send cash…

Safaricom, Equity bank and Nakumatt are the likely future owners of Essar’s Group YU mobile following an application to the Communications Commission of Kenya by the telco to sell infrastructure…

First facebook, now Kenya’s telecommunications company Safaricom is looking forward to cash in on the WhatsApp messaging service. This comes after the internet –based messaging application announced on introducing free…

Microsoft in collaboration with Intel Corporation East Africa and the Kenya Private School Association has launched 4Africa youth device program in a bid to provide the education sector a bundle…

Kenyan telecommunication companies; Safaricom, Orange, Telkom and YU are likely to enjoy a cut in annual frequency fees following Communication’s Commission of Kenya positive signal in a bid to save…

Although Safaricom is the most preferred mobile phone service provider in the country, it is not short of complains especially on its Facebook Page. Perusing through the comments on Safaricom’s…

“It is more affordable calling the other network from orange than calling within that network to orange.” Now very familiar to most households, orange has in the recent past caught…

How about a three joint mobile money agent to cover for the three dominating telecommunication companies in Kenya? Airtel Kenya petitioned the competition watch dog to take action on Safaricom…

There are a number of steps that have been taken by the government to increase competitiveness in the mobile telephone market, one of them being the adoption of number portability….

Since 6th February 2014, Safaricom and CBA have been running a promo for M-Shwari customers dubbed Fanikisha Na M-Swhari in a bid to grow the savings on M-Swhari. The promotion…

CFC bank in conjunction with leading mobile company Safaricom has rolled out an electronic payments service that will provide its Business Banking and SME clients with the ability to accept…

Safaricom’s major shareholder Vodafone is set to lower the fee charges on mobile money transfer service following the M-Pesa IT platform move from Germany to Kenya. Hosting the M-Pesa platform…

Although  Linda Jamii by Safaricom, Britam and Changamka Micro Finance is being talked of as a product launched last month, I first heard of this product back in November 2012….

Celtel-Zain-Airtel and Yu have tried this David vs Goliath price war against Safaricom without success. By August last year Airtel gave up on the price wars and increased their talk…

Safaricom vs Orange… Now kids take a seat, grab pop corns, this could turn out to be the mother of all battles between the telcos in Kenya. Orange is out…

One of our readers has sent us an email regarding his frustrations with Safaricom’s Internet. According to him, Safaricom’s Internet ought to be the best, not in comparison to the…

There was a time when a good number of Parliamentarians were illiterate. Those days you could excuse them whenever they talked foul, fought or simply appeared dumb. But since the…