Thika Stadium will host Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom Central finals

Staff WriterApril 11, 2019

The Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom football Tournament will head to Thika Stadium this weekend for the Central region finals which are set to kick off at 8:00am on Sa...

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Safaricom home fibre customers to get free Showmax for a month

Staff WriterApril 8, 2019

Safaricom has partnered with Showmax to offer its Home Fibre customers one month unlimited access to the video on demand service for free. All Safaricom Hom...

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Safaricom has opened a new retail outlet in Migori

Staff WriterApril 4, 2019

Safaricom has announced its 53rd retail shop in Migori County as it seeks to expand its regional footprint and reach more customers in Western and Nyanza region...

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Kenyan artists showcase their work at Safaricom Exhibition

Staff WriterApril 3, 2019

35 of Kenya’s leading painters and illustrators showcased their works at an exhibition held by Safaricom to celebrate artists. The artists' paintings and illust...

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Glenda Kombe Hare among Ksh. 1 million winners in the Safaricom Shukrani Kochokocho promotion

Staff WriterApril 3, 2019

Glenda Kombe Hare from Malindi town is among the winners of Ksh. 1 million in the ongoing Shukrani KochoKocho consumer promotion by Safaricom. Based at the M...

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Children living with diabetes in Garissa set to benefit from Safaricom Foundation health program

Staff WriterApril 2, 2019

Children who are living with diabetes in Ijara, Mbalambala and Daadab Sub-counties in Garissa County who are under 21 will be among the first beneficiaries of a...

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Safaricom awards Dennis Muthii for being its 30th Million customer

Staff WriterMarch 25, 2019

Safaricom has today recognized Dennis Muthii from Kirinyaga County for being its 30th Million customer. The telco will undertake to fulfill his ambition of join...

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Safaricom awards 16 people with Ksh. 1 million in the Shukrani Kochokocho promotion

Staff WriterMarch 18, 2019

Safaricom has awarded 16 people from different regions with Ksh. 1 million in the ongoing Shukrani Kochokocho Kenya Nzima consumer promotion. Vincent Munga f...

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Safaricom supports 100 students with Ksh. 47 million worth of scholarships

Staff WriterMarch 16, 2019

Safaricom has handed over Ksh. 4.7 million worth of secondary school scholarships to benefit 100 students from across the country. The company, through the S...

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Safaricom to recruit 300 interns for its new call centre in Eldoret

Staff WriterMarch 16, 2019

Safaricom has announced that it has opened a new call centre in Eldoret town to improve customer experience in the region. The new centre was constructed at a c...

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Safaricom customers can now pay for AliExpress purchases via M-Pesa

Staff WriterMarch 12, 2019

Safaricom has today announced a partnership with Ant Financial Services that will allow Kenyans to shop on AliExpress and pay for their purchases using M-PESA. ...

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Supersolico & St Mary’s Ndovea are the Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom Eastern champions

Staff WriterMarch 11, 2019

Supersolico from Mwingi and St Mary’s Ndovea from Makueni are the new Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom Eastern region champions. In the girl's final, St. Mary’s Ndov...

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Kwale County partners with Safaricom to automate revenue collection via Mpesa

Staff WriterMarch 7, 2019

Kwale County has today announced a partnership with Safaricom that will it roll out cashless payments for its 700,000 citizens. This will see all county payment...

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Safaricom’s Fuliza predicted to give Ksh. 200 billion in loans in 1 year

Vivianne MusumbaMarch 5, 2019

Over the next year, M-Pesa customers are predicted to borrow up to Ksh. 200 billion from Fuliza, the newly launched service by Safaricom. This will hopefully se...

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Safaricom’s DigiFarm partners with Kenya Livestock Producers Association to host agribusiness trade fair in Homabay

Vivianne MusumbaMarch 4, 2019

Safaricom’s DigiFarm together with the Kenya Livestock Producers Association hosted an agribusiness trade fair and exhibition in Rachuonyo, Homabay County on Fr...

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NSSF partners with Safaricom to enable payments via Mpesa

Richard MureithiMarch 4, 2019

The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has announced a partnership with Safaricom in which members will be able to pay for their contributions via Mpesa. This...

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Safaricom deploys 400G network link to improve its internet offering

Staff WriterFebruary 27, 2019

Safaricom has announced that it has deployed a 400G network link, making it among the first in the world to commercially deploy the solution. The 400G standard ...

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The Safaricom Marathon 2019 is slated for 29th June

Staff WriterFebruary 26, 2019

The Safaricom Marathon 2019 has been slated to take place on Saturday 29th June 2019 in Lewa Conservancy. The annual marathon is an initiative of Tusk Trust and...

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Safaricom Jazz festival hits the right notes with Marcus Miller

Richard MureithiFebruary 21, 2019

This past Sunday was the day for the long awaited Safaricom Jazz Festival that was held at the Kasarani Stadium. I say long awaited because it is usually the bi...

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Safaricom launches Ksh. 250M Shukrani Kochokocho promotion for its customers

Staff WriterFebruary 19, 2019

Safaricom has launched a new promotion dubbed Shukrani Kochokocho for its customers where they will win over Ksh. 250 million in cash prizes and airtime. The pr...

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Students treated to free concert at Safaricom Jazz Festival 2019

Staff WriterFebruary 17, 2019

Hundreds of students from different counties were yesterday treated to a free concert on second day of the Safaricom Jazz Festival 2019 at Kasarani Stadium. ...

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Rose Ogega appointed to the Safaricom Board of Directors

Staff WriterFebruary 15, 2019

Safaricom has announced the appointment of Ms. Rose Ogega to its Board of Directors. The board met on 12th February 2019 and approved the appointment of Ms. Oge...

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The Safaricom Jazz journey and the impact of the international artists on the Kenyan music scene

Richard MureithiFebruary 15, 2019

This year, Safaricom Jazz will be celebrating its 6th anniversary since inception. The journey started out back in 2013 when the Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore ask...

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Safaricom plans to fund vocational training to the tune of Ksh. 132 million

Staff WriterFebruary 9, 2019

Kenyan telco Safaricom plans to invest at least Ksh. 132 million in vocational training in Kenya through the Safaricom foundation. The initiative will see at le...

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Safaricom introduces new monthly bundles offering both calls & data

Staff WriterFebruary 8, 2019

Leading Kenyan telecommunication company Safaricom has announced the introduction of All in One Monthly Bundles that will see customers get both calls and data....

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Safaricom partners with KAPS to enable payment of parking fees via M-pesa

Richard MureithiFebruary 7, 2019

Ever been in a situation where you need to pay for parking but don’t have coins or notes in small denominations? Or had an old note that the machine kept reject...

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Safaricom marks Safer Internet Day with pledge to protect children online

Staff WriterFebruary 6, 2019

Safaricom marked the annual Safer Internet Day with an event where they pledged to continue efforts to protect children online. The event, which was held in ...

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Grammy award winner Marcus Miller to headline Safaricom Jazz Festival 2019

Staff WriterFebruary 4, 2019

Grammy award winner Marcus Miller is the headline artist for the Safaricom Jazz Festival that is slated for 17th February 2019. Born in 1959, Marcus Miller i...

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Safaricom partners with NEMA in wetlands conservation drive

Richard MureithiJanuary 31, 2019

Safaricom has announced a partnership with the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), Wetlands International and other stakeholders. This is in a bid...

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Safaricom’s M-PESA Global is a finalist in the Global Mobile Awards 2019

Staff WriterJanuary 25, 2019

Safaricom’s M-PESA Global has been named as finalist in the Global Mobile Awards 2019 (GLOMO Awards). The service, which was launched in November 2018, has been...

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Safaricom to sponsor 100 needy students via its High School Scholarship Programme

Richard MureithiJanuary 24, 2019

Safaricom has today announced the launch of a high school scholarship programme which targets to sponsor 100 students at over 90 schools across the country. The...

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Safaricom launches a cyber security solution for its enterprise customers

Richard MureithiJanuary 21, 2019

The advent of technology and a higher internet penetration has made things easier and convenient for both businesses and individuals. However, this has brought ...

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Safaricom’s Fuliza facility gives out loans worth over Ksh. 1 Billion in just 8 days

Richard MureithiJanuary 18, 2019

Just a few days after Safaricom launched Fuliza, it has caught on so well that  it exceeded the telco's expectations. In just 8 days, it managed to acquire over...

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Blue Saints & Bishop Njenga Girls are the Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom Western winners

Staff WriterJanuary 15, 2019

Lugari Blue Saints and Bishop Njenga Girls have emerged as the winners of Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom Western Region in the boys and girls category respectively. B...

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Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom Western finals will be at Bukhungu Stadium

Staff WriterJanuary 10, 2019

Safaricom has announced that the first of 8 Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom regional finals will take place this weekend at Bukhungu Stadium, Kakamega County. The regi...

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Safaricom’s overdraft facility, Fuliza now goes live after getting CBK approval

Richard MureithiJanuary 10, 2019

Ever been in a situation whereby you bought say groceries in the supermarket but when It came time to pay via Mpesa, you get that annoying insufficient balance ...

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Safaricom to fund deserving community projects with new CSR initiative

Richard MureithiJanuary 9, 2019

Safaricom has today announced the launch of Ndoto Zetu, an initiative aimed at transforming the lives of communities across the country for the better. Interest...

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My experience with Bonga by Safaricom

Kevin MbuthiaDecember 14, 2018

The mobile phone. Never in recent history has a piece of technology disrupted life as known in the way a cell phone has. So many facets of life have changed alm...

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Remembering that epic moment when Safaricom had blocked Kenya Police on Twitter

James WamathaiNovember 13, 2018

Lots of amazing things happen on Kenyan Twitter. Kenyans on Twitter hold their government accountable, they call out injustice, influencers do their things, peo...

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This is why Safaricom was down in Nairobi over the weekend

James WamathaiNovember 13, 2018

On Saturday, Safaricom experienced a network outage in Nairobi East and West which made their services inaccessible to its customers in that region. The outa...

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Safaricom network is down in Nairobi East & West affecting calls, data, M-Pesa & Home Fibre

Staff WriterNovember 9, 2018

Safaricom’s mobile network is down in Nairobi East and West and services such as calls, data, M-PESA and Home Fibre are affected. Customers are also not able t...

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Safaricom Home Fibre partners with Jubilee Insurance to offer home insurance

James WamathaiNovember 8, 2018

Safaricom Home Fibre customers will now be able to access home insurance in a partnership with Jubilee Insurance. The home insurance cover is unique in that ...

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