Kapenguria Heroes & Tatar Girls emerge winners at Chapa Dimba na Safaricom Narok finals

Lena AnyuoloNovember 16, 2017

In developed countries, focusing on skills and talents is very common unlike in developing countries.  We see developed countries putting effort on skills in va...

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Buy these phones from Safaricom & get free Showmax access for a month

Lena AnyuoloOctober 25, 2017

As the festive season draws nearer, it seems the Showmax deals get sweeter. First there was the 3 month subscription to Showmax for the the affordable price of ...

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Alune Wade will headline Safaricom Jazz Lounge on 4th November

Lena AnyuoloOctober 19, 2017

Senegalese vocalist and bassist Alune Wade will be the leading act at the Safaricom Jazz Lounge concert to be held on Saturday 4th November 2017 at Uhuru Garden...

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Tips & tricks you can use to make your Safaricom experience better

James WamathaiOctober 9, 2017

Safaricom is the largest telecommunication company in Kenya with over 28 million customers. The 72% market share they enjoy in Kenya is driven by their large ne...

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Safaricom Fibre expands to Kitengela with 6 more towns in the pipeline

James WamathaiOctober 9, 2017

Safaricom has expanded its Safaricom Fibre to the home product to Kitengela with a target of connecting 14,000 homes. Safaricom Fibre, which currently has 95,00...

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Safaricom introduces M-Pesa 1 Tap to 5 towns in Kenya

Lena AnyuoloOctober 4, 2017

Safaricom yesterday announced the availability of M-Pesa 1Tap in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Eldoret and Nyeri. The service was first launched in Nakuru County in...

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OPPO A71 smartphone launched; exclusively available from Safaricom

James WamathaiSeptember 29, 2017

OPPO Kenya has partnered with Safaricom to launch the OPPO A71 smartphone. The phone, which is a 4G device, will be exclusively available from Safaricom shops. ...

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Chapa Dimba na Safaricom Western region leg to start this weekend

Lena AnyuoloSeptember 28, 2017

The Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom tournament Western Region leg will kick off group-stage matches this weekend with over 260 teams participating in over 50 different...

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Safaricom to host 3rd BLAZE BYOB summit in Eldoret on 7th Oct.

Lena AnyuoloSeptember 27, 2017

Safaricom will hold the third regional summit of BLAZE BYOB season two on 7th October in Eldoret at the Eldoret Sports Club. The event is part of the Blaze Summ...

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Agri-tech startup, iProcure receives investment from Safaricom Spark Fund

Lena AnyuoloSeptember 10, 2017

The $1 million Safaricom Spark Venture Fund announced its sixth and final investment in agri-tech startup iProcure. iProcure is an agricultural inputs supply...

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Safaricom appoints two new non-executive directors to its board

Lena AnyuoloSeptember 1, 2017

Safaricom has today announced the appointment of Mohamed Shameel Aziz Joosub and Linda Watiri Muruiki to its board as Non-Executive Directors, effective immedia...

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Safaricom, Creative Y&R, Scanad & Ogilvy win at the Loeries Awards 2017

James WamathaiAugust 21, 2017

Safaricom, Creative Y&R, Scanad & Ogilvy have scooped awards at the Loeries Awards 2017. This year's competition saw more than 3,000 entries being submi...

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Safaricom launches Daraja portal to make it easier for businesses to integrate Mpesa

Lena AnyuoloAugust 2, 2017

Safaricom has announced the release of a feature-rich M-PESA Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) portal to businesses in the country. Dubbed Daraja, the p...

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Safaricom’s regional offices and customer care desks set to enhance service delivery

Richard MureithiJuly 23, 2017

Since the beginning of this year, Safaricom has embarked on opening up regional offices. These offices are meant to act as hubs and are located in strategic are...

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mSurvey launches product that catalogues spending patterns of Safaricom customers

Lena AnyuoloJune 28, 2017

Safaricom has partnered with mSurvey to launch Consumer Wallet. The mobile platform will measure offline consumer habits and trends in terms of cash based expen...

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Musicians win big as Safaricom increases Skiza earnings by 36%

Richard MureithiJune 20, 2017

In what is definitely music to the ears for Kenyan artistes, Safaricom last week announced a 36% increase in the amount that they will earn for music sold throu...

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Grammy Award winner Victor Wooten and bassist Steve Bailey wow the crowd at the Safaricom International Jazz night

Susan MukamiJune 15, 2017

American bassists Steve Bailey and Victor Wooten gave a thrilling performance at the Michael Joseph Centre on Friday evening. Victor Wooten, a prolific artist w...

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Safaricom announces that it has rolled out 4G+ on its network

James WamathaiJune 3, 2017

Safaricom has announced that it has rolled out 4G+ on its network in major towns in Kenya. Safaricom launched 4G on its network in 2014, becoming the first Keny...

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How to enjoy Showmax with Safaricom video bundles

Lena AnyuoloMay 26, 2017

So, you've signed up for Showmax but you only get to use it to stream or download content when you have Wi-Fi. If you're wondering how to take your favourite TV...

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Safaricom to sponsor Henry Wanyoike’s “Hope for the Future” race as part of its Athletics Series

Richard MureithiMay 18, 2017

Safaricom yesterday officially launched the 5th edition of the Safaricom Athletics Series. The athletics series features a line up of nine long distance races a...

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Vodafone to transfer its shares in Safaricom to South Africa’s Vodacom

Richard MureithiMay 15, 2017

Safaricom has today announced that Vodafone Group has proposed to transfer its interest in the telco to South Africa based Vodacom  which is its African subsidi...

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Safaricom takes on Visa and Mastercard with NFC enabled M-Pesa card

Richard MureithiMay 10, 2017

Safaricom has today launched  a new payment proposition called Mpesa 1 Tap. M-pesa 1 Tap reduces the number of  steps a customer requires to make Lipa Na M-pesa...

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Safaricom Home Fibre is now in the proximity of 53,000 homes

James WamathaiMay 10, 2017

Safaricom has announced that it has laid its home fibre in the proximity of 53,000 homes. The telco shared the news at the FY 2017 financial results announcemen...

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Growth in M-Pesa & data revenues drives Safaricom’s net profit to Ksh. 48.4B

Richard MureithiMay 10, 2017

Safaricom has today announced their results for the year ended 31st March 2017 and as usual they have not disappointed having posted a net income of Ksh. 48.4 B...

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How to block annoying promotional SMS messages on Safaricom

James WamathaiApril 25, 2017

The introduction of Lipa na M-Pesa (buy goods) provided a convenient way for customers to pay for goods and services. The best thing about the service to custom...

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Kenyans hilariously react to Safaricom’s network outage

Staff WriterApril 24, 2017

Kenyans have woken to a major outage on Safaricom's mobile network which affected all their services. The customer care numbers are not even going through. h...

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The Safaricom mobile network is down, affecting calls, SMS, data and M-PESA

Samson NderiApril 24, 2017

Safaricom's mobile network is down and services such as voice, data and M-PESA are affected. This outage is significant because Safaricom has the largest market...

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Safaricom and USIU scoop awards at the African Excellence Awards 2017

Vanessa MwangiApril 23, 2017

Safaricom and USIU-Africa have been announced as winners of distinct categories at The African Excellence Awards 2017. The awards were created to honor the most...

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How to unsubscribe from Safaricom promotional text messages

Vanessa MwangiApril 23, 2017

Safaricom is like that loyal girlfriend or boyfriend who texts all the time. At a particular time each day or even at any given moment, you can expect a message...

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Safaricom to reduce Lipa Na M-PESA charges for merchants in April

James WamathaiMarch 29, 2017

Safaricom has announced the reduction of Lipa Na M-Pesa charges for merchants. The charges will drop from the current 1% of the transaction value to 0.5%. A...

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Valentine Nekesa receives Ksh. 5 Million after emerging the winner of Safaricom’s Blaze BYOB Tv show

Richard MureithiMarch 29, 2017

The BLAZE BYOB Tv show concluded this past Sunday and Valentine Nekesa a part time designer and model emerged the winner. Valentine walked away with a grand pri...

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Safaricom launches FLEX, an affordable bundle for internet, calls & SMS

James WamathaiMarch 23, 2017

Safaricom last night launched a new bundle for internet, calls and SMS called FLEX. The product targets people who use a lot of resources on internet, calls and...

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Safaricom announces a Ksh. 3.5 million sponsorship for the Barclays Kenya Open

Richard MureithiMarch 21, 2017

Safaricom which is the telecommunications sponsor for the Barclays Kenya Open has today announced a Ksh. 3.5 Million sponsorship. The 49th edition of the tourna...

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Register to participate in the Safaricom Marathon 2017 in Lewa

Vanessa MwangiMarch 7, 2017

Release your inner Kalenjin and join several runners at the Safaricom Marathon in the Lewa Conservancy on Saturday 24th June 2017. Sweat as you run in raving te...

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Bitange Ndemo & Vivek Badrinath join the Safaricom board of directors

Staff WriterMarch 2, 2017

Dr. Bitange Ndemo and Vivek Badrinath have been appointed to the Safaricom board of directors. The appointments are effetive today and were approved at a board ...

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How the Safaricom International Jazz Festival 2017 went down over the weekend

Staff WriterMarch 1, 2017

As fans trickled into the Safaricom Stadium Kasarani, the all too familiar tunes of DJ D-lite welcomed them in anticipation of a fun filled afternoon. One could...

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Safaricom’s Technology Academy is inviting applications for technology internships

Richard MureithiFebruary 21, 2017

Safaricom has announced that it will be taking 63 university students under its 2017 technology internship program. The internship program known as Safaricom Te...

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Safaricom venture fund invests in FarmDrive an agricultural analytics startup

Richard MureithiFebruary 13, 2017

The Safaricom Spark Venture Fund has today announced that it will be investing in a startup called FarmDrive. FarmDrive is a data analytics startup that is able...

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Full artist line up & ticketing details for Safaricom Jazz Festival 2017 released

James WamathaiFebruary 5, 2017

The full list of the musicians that will perform at this year's Safaricom Jazz Festival has been announced. The headliner, as we reported recently, will be Davi...

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Vivian Cheruiyot emerges as overall winner at the 2016 Safaricom SOYA Awards

Richard MureithiJanuary 20, 2017

In a star studded gala that went down last night at KICC, Vivian Cheruiyot the Double Rio Olympic medalist emerged the overall winner of the 2016 Safaricom Spor...

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Safaricom Jazz Festival 2017 will be on Feb 26 with saxophonist David Sanborn headlining

James WamathaiJanuary 13, 2017

This year's Safaricom Jazz Festival will be held on Sunday 26th February at the Kasarani Training Grounds. The annual jazz festival is now in its 4th year. Cel...

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Bean Interactive wins an AVA Digital Award for Safaricom project

James WamathaiJanuary 12, 2017

Kenyan digital agency, Bean Interactive, has won a platinum award in the AVA Digital Awards 2017 in the Information Experience category for their work on the BL...

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