Safaricom Jazz Concert with Jimmy Dludlu ticket winners

Lulu AkakiDecember 5, 2014

Earlier in the week we had announced that we would be giving away tickets to the Safaricom Jazz Concert with Jimmy Dludlu. All you neede to do was leave a c...

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Another first for Safaricom as it launches 4G in Kenya

James WamathaiDecember 5, 2014

Safaricom has become the first mobile telecommunication company in Kenya to launch the 4G service in Kenya. The particular technology they have deployed is ...

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Win tickets to the Safaricom Jazz Concert with Jimmy Dludlu

James WamathaiDecember 3, 2014

The Safaricom Jazz concert with Jimmy Dludlu is on Friday, 5th December 2014 at the Safaricom Kasarani Indoor Arena. For a chance to win free regular...

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Jimmy Dludlu to headline Safaricom Jazz Concert this Friday

James WamathaiDecember 2, 2014

Jazz artist Jimmy Dludlu will be the main act at the second Safaricom Jazz Concert that will be held on Friday 5th December at the Safaricom Kasarani Indoor...

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Safaricom once again comes on board as sponsor for SOYA awards

Lulu AkakiNovember 28, 2014

Safaricom Director Marketing Rita Okuthe Hands Over Cheque to SOYA Founder Paul Tergat and SOYA Chairperson Evelyne Watta The Sports Personality of the Year...

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All you need to know about the Safaricom Spark Venture Fund

James WamathaiNovember 26, 2014

Safaricom this morning launched the Safaricom Spark Venture Fund, a venture capital fund targeting young tech businesses. Here is all you need to know ab...

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Safaricom finally sign security network contract with Kenyan Government

James WamathaiNovember 25, 2014

The Kenyan Government has finally signed an agreement with Safaricom that will see the telecommunications company roll out a National Surveillance, Communic...

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Bonyeza ushinde na Safaricom November 2014

James WamathaiNovember 8, 2014

Safaricom’s popular marketing promotion Bonyeza Ushinde na Safaricom is back. It will last for a period of 60 days starting 7th November 2014 to 5th Janua...

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Safaricom gets go ahead to complete yuMobile purchase

Lulu AkakiNovember 5, 2014

Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore The deal for Safaricom to acquire Essar Communications Limited(Yu mobile) assets seems to be going off without any hitches. This...

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Safaricom Choir and Youth Orchestra Premier Concert ticket winners

Lulu AkakiOctober 11, 2014

Here are winners of the tickets to the Safaricom Choir and Youth Orchestra Premier Concert The screenshots of the winning comments are below: 1. Bonfa...

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Win tickets to the Safaricom Choir and Youth Orchestra Premier Concert

James WamathaiOctober 9, 2014

Safaricom Choir The Safaricom choir, that brought you the popular Niko Na, and the Youth Orchestra, that Safaricom sponsors through the Jazz festival, will ...

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10 things you probably did not know about the Safaricom Safari Sevens

Euticus MolaSeptember 26, 2014

image via The Safaricom Safari Sevens is the biggest rugby event held in Kenya and is run by the Kenya Rugby Football Union (KRFU). The competition is promo...

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Essar sells yuMobile for Ksh10.5bn to Safaricom and Airtel

Lulu AkakiSeptember 8, 2014

yuMobile is officially out of the mobile operators scene. This comes afte Kenya’s big three mobile operators finally put pen to paper on a deal, selling y...

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KCB edge closer to the Safaricom Sevens Series title

Euticus MolaSeptember 1, 2014

image via KenyaRugby247 All roads led to Nakuru this past weekend for the Prinsloo sevens in the penultimate leg of the Safaricom Sevens series. After Homeb...

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Onfon Media partners with Safaricom to launch Name Tunes on Skiza

Lulu AkakiAugust 27, 2014

Dennis Makori, CEO Onfon Media Onfon Media has partnered with Safaricom to launch a new service called Name Tunes on the Skiza Platform. Name Tunes ...

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Apply for the Safaricom Business Journalists Fellowship

Lulu AkakiAugust 11, 2014

VC Strathmore Prof John Odhiambo, CEO Safaricom Mr Bob Collymore, Dean-SBS Dr George Njenga among others at the launch Strathmore Business School has launch...

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Safaricom to complete Ksh. 10 billion purchase of yuMobile

Lulu AkakiAugust 8, 2014

Safaricom expects its joint acquisition of rival yuMobile to be completed within months at a cost of about $120 million (Ksh. 10 billion), its Chief Executi...

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Tetemesha na Safaricom winners

James WamathaiJuly 29, 2014

Here are the 2014 Tetemesha na Safaricom winners of Ksh. 1,000,000 and Ksh. 100,000 classified according to the dates they won. Tetemesha Na Safaricom Winn...

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Airtel wins case against Safaricom to open up M-Pesa

Lulu AkakiJuly 29, 2014

M-Pesa will no longer be exclusive to the Safaricom network. This comes as the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has ordered Safaricom to open up the pla...

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Developers to win Ksh. 7 million in Safaricom Appwiz Challenge

Lulu AkakiJuly 22, 2014

Safaricom has launched the 2nd edition of the Appwiz Challenge, a developer competition designed to help identify and develop successful early stage mobile ...

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Tetemesha na Safaricom is back

James WamathaiJuly 17, 2014

Safaricom has launched second edition of its consumer promotion in Kenya dubbed Tetemesha na Safaricom. Here is all you need to know about it. 1. Durati...

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Second edition of Safaricom 7s Rugby circuit launched

Lulu AkakiJuly 14, 2014

The Safaricom 7s series is back. Launched for the second time running by Safaricom, the series encompasses the Kenya National Sevens circuit and acts as a p...

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Safaricom and KCB launch financial product for SMEs

Lulu AkakiJuly 13, 2014

KCB Group and Safaricom Business have launched a one-stop-solution platform to meet the needs of Small and Medium Enterprises. The platform dubbed “Biasha...

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The Safaricom Security Project explained

James WamathaiJune 20, 2014

Telecommunication company Safaricom was recently awarded a tender to provide advanced communication and surveillance equipment to the National Police Servic...

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Safaricom issues statement on the parliamentary probe of the 14.9B security tender

Lulu AkakiJune 9, 2014

  Bob Collymore The government last month awarded Safaricom Limited a tender to build and deliver a Public Safety Communications and surveillance so...

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Safaricom terminates post paid tariff

Lulu AkakiJune 6, 2014

Safaricom has terminated two of its post-paid calling tariffs, but retained current subscribers of the monthly billing service for one more year. The telco ...

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Safaricom to pay largest dividends in Kenyan history after posting favourable results

Lulu AkakiMay 13, 2014

Bob Collymore Safaricom, has announced a 38.9 per cent increase in profits buoyed by M-Pesa, SMS and data revenues. The company revealed that there was an i...

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Safaricom launches youth orchestra

Lulu AkakiMay 7, 2014

Bob Collymore at the launch Safaricom once again dipped its toes in the entertainment sector by launching a youth Orchestra dubbed the Safaricom Youth ...

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Safaricom launches website fully accessible to the visually impaired

Lulu AkakiApril 9, 2014

Safaricom’s Director of Corporate Affairs Nzioka Waita takes Neslon, a student at Thika School for the Blind through the new Safaricom website Safaricom h...

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Safaricom wants you happy on International Day of Happiness

James WamathaiMarch 20, 2014

Today is International Day of Happiness which is celebrated throughout the world on 20th March. It was established by the United Nations General Assembly on...

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Safaricom’s new weekly data and SMS bundle comes in handy

Lulu AkakiMarch 14, 2014

The other day I was whining to my brother about how I always run out of bundles when I really need them. It’s usually at that point when I have an important...

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Safaricom Jazz Festival 2014 Review

Mwende NgaoFebruary 25, 2014

The traffic on Sunday afternoon 23rd February was backed up all the way to Kenyatta as jazz fans made their way to Ngong Racecourse for the inaugural Safari...

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Safaricom Jazz Festival Giveaway Winners

James WamathaiFebruary 20, 2014

Here are the winners of the Safaricom Jazz Festival Giveaway. The screenshots of the winning comments are below: 1. Kachwanya (more…)...

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Win Tickets To The Safaricom Jazz Festival

James WamathaiFebruary 14, 2014

The Safaricom Jazz Festival is on Sunday, 23rd February 2014 at the Ngong Racecourse. The musicians performing include Richard Bona, Rhythm Junks, Aaron Rimbu...

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Why you should attend the Safaricom Jazz Festival

James WamathaiFebruary 12, 2014

As we recently reported, Kenya's biggest jazz extravaganza, the Safaricom Jazz Festival, will be going down this February. 23rd February to be exact. It will ...

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Safaricom launches Fanikisha na M-Shwari promotion

Lulu AkakiFebruary 7, 2014

In a move to grow the number of customers using M-Shwari, The Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) and Safaricom have announced the Fanikisha na M-Shwari Promotion...

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Safaricom staff support orphaned and vulnerable children

Lulu AkakiFebruary 3, 2014

Zabibu Founder and members of her teaching staff A gala dinner hosted by the Safaricom Technology Division has raised over Ksh. 4 million to go towards the...

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The Safaricom Jazz Festival is not the first Jazz festival to be held in Kenya

Lulu AkakiJanuary 31, 2014

Africa has been home to many Jazz festivals. Kenya. Kenyan Jazz fans have been waiting for the day such an event will come to their homeland. The answer to ...

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Safaricom to host first Jazz festival in Kenya next month

Lulu AkakiJanuary 30, 2014

Lovers of Jazz music are set for a special treat thanks to Safaricom. Safaricom is set to host the first ever jazz festival in Kenya on 23rd February 2014. ...

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Safaricom Stadium Kasarani unveiled

Lulu AkakiDecember 6, 2013

Safaricom has once again made headway in the sports sector by unveiling the Safaricom Stadium Kasarani. Ten companies participated in a competitive biddi...

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Safaricom launches online payment service Lipa Na Mpesa Online

Lulu AkakiDecember 6, 2013

Safaricom’s flagship brand M-PESA, is set to revolutionize e-commerce in Kenya with the launch of its online payment service. Lipa Na MPESA online is a ne...

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Safaricom mistakenly blocks registered SIM cards

James WamathaiOctober 9, 2013

After the Government threatened to jail Kenyan telco CEO's over unregistered SIM cards Safaricom reacted yesterday evening by blocking unregistered SIM cards. I...

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