Michael Joseph to replace Nicholas Nganga as Safaricom board chair on August 1

Samson NderiJuly 30, 2020

Safaricom has announced the retirement of its long-serving chairperson Nicholas Nganga which will be effective 1st August 2020. Former Safaricom CEO and current...

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How to buy the Neon Ray Pro with a Ksh. 1,000 deposit & 20 bob installments from Safaricom

Staff WriterJuly 30, 2020

Safaricom has announced that its customers will now be able to purchase the Neon Ray Pro smartphone with a deposit and installments under a new initiative dubbe...

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How to use Safaricom Bonga Points to buy Kenya Power prepaid tokens

James WamathaiJuly 24, 2020

Kenya Power (KPLC) and Safaricom have partnered to enable Safaricom customers to be able to pay for electricity through Bonga Points. Customers will be able ...

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Safaricom donates Ksh. 525,000 to help Kibondeni College students learn online

Staff WriterJuly 24, 2020

The Safaricom Foundation has donated Ksh. 525,000 in airtime to Kibondeni College to assist students to be able to learn virtually. The Safaricom foundation...

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20,000 canes to be distributed to blind people through partnership with Safaricom and AYUDH Kenya

Staff WriterJuly 24, 2020

Kenyan telecommunication company Safaricom has announced that it has partnered with AYUDH Kenya to provide 20,000 white canes to blind and visually impaired per...

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Safaricom launches Android Tv Box for its home fibre customers

Samson NderiJuly 8, 2020

Safaricom has launched an Android Tv Box as part of its strategy to bring its home fibre to more homes. Unlike previous Tv boxes sold by the telco, this one com...

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Coca Cola partners with Safaricom to install IoT sensors on soda coolers

Samson NderiJuly 7, 2020

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa-Kenya (CCBA) has partnered with Safaricom to connect its coolers with sensors. The sensors are supposed to collect vital data that wi...

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Safaricom has launched a Lipa na Mpesa Business App

Samson NderiJune 18, 2020

Safaricom has launched a Lipa na Mpesa business app for its more than 170,000 merchants. The app names  “Mpesa for Business“, will empower business owners to ac...

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Safaricom’s Sateesh Kamath appointed to the role CFO Vodafone Business

Samson NderiJune 10, 2020

The Safaricom CFO, Sateesh Kamath, has been appointed to the role of Chief Financial Officer Vodafone Business, effective 1st July 2020. He will be reporting in...

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Safaricom Foundation & Scope International partner to set up sanitation booths in 6 counties

Staff WriterMay 25, 2020

Safaricom Foundation has announced that it has partnered with Scope International partner to set up sanitation booths in 6 counties. Thousands of people in ...

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Safaricom donates PPEs to hospitals in Uasin Gishu County

Staff WriterMay 20, 2020

Safaricom Foundation has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) worth Ksh. 1 million to hospitals in Uasin Gishu County as part of efforts to support the ...

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Safaricom Foundation donates Ksh. 14.7 million to families affected by ongoing floods

Staff WriterMay 19, 2020

Safaricom Foundation has donated Ksh. 14.7 million worth of donations to families affected by the ongoing floods in Kenya. The telecommunication company has par...

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Safaricom Youth Orchestra to receive music lessons through e-learning

Samson NderiMay 19, 2020

Members of the Safaricom Youth Orchestra are set to receive music lessons through e-learning, following a handover of 4G enabled mobile handsets from Safaricom....

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Safaricom Foundation has partnered with Red Cross to aid those affected by floods

Samson NderiMay 18, 2020

Safaricom Foundation has partnered with Red Cross to aid people affected by floods in Homabay, Kisumu, Siaya and Busia counties. Under the initiative, the cl...

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Safaricom donates tablets to students to enable them access e-learning platforms

James WamathaiMay 13, 2020

Students in Kawangware and Dandora are set to benefit to access e-learning platforms through a donation from Safaricom Foundation. This initiative will be in pa...

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Safaricom extends the Bonga for Good initiative to 3rd June 2020

Samson NderiMay 11, 2020

Safaricom has announced that it has extended its Bonga for Good initiative to 3rd June 2020. This will enable the telco’s customers to continue using their poin...

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Safaricom in new partnership to launch new digital products with Visa & M_PESA

James WamathaiApril 30, 2020

Safaricom, Kenya’s largest telecommunications company, and Visa, a global digital payments company, have today announced a partnership that will enable the deve...

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Safaricom partners with Google to launch a Ksh. 20 a day smartphone financing program

Samson NderiApril 30, 2020

Safaricom has announced a partnership with Google to launch a 4G smartphone financing program that will enable its subscribers to own a phone for as little as K...

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Safaricom FY 2019 profit after tax rises to historic to 74 billion

Richard MureithiApril 29, 2020

Leading Kenyan telecommunication company, Safaricom, has reported a Ksh. 74 billion for the financial year ended 31st March 2020. This is an increase from Ksh. ...

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The evolution of Safaricom’s Karibu Postpay

James WamathaiApril 22, 2020

The launch of Karibu Postpay tariff in 2012 was an interesting initiative by Safaricom. At the time, voice was big and the product offered it plus 2 services in...

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Safaricom and Vodacom have completed the acquisition of the M-Pesa brand from Vodafone

Samson NderiApril 6, 2020

Safaricom and Vodacom have announced that they have completed the acquisition of the M-PESA brand, product development and support services from Vodafone throug...

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Safaricom customers can now use Bonga points to pay for goods & servicesds using Bonga Points

Samson NderiApril 3, 2020

Safaricom has launched Bonga For Good, an initiative that will see customers use Bonga Points to pay for essential goods and services. The campaign has been ...

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Safaricom, Longhorn, Shupavu291 & Viusasa partner to enable digital learning for free

Samson NderiApril 2, 2020

Safaricom has partnered with Eneza Education, Longhorn Publishers and Viusasa to provide free access to educational content for primary and secondary school stu...

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Peter Ndegwa has become the first Kenyan Safaricom CEO

Samson NderiApril 1, 2020

Peter Ndegwa has taken over as the CEO of Safaricom effective today, he will be taking over from Michael Joseph the founding CEO, who has been holding the posit...

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Safaricom partners with matatu operators to collect fares via M-PESA

Staff WriterMarch 23, 2020

Safaricom has partnered with public transport sector players in Kenya to accept cashless payments through M-PESA in the ongoing battle to combat the spread of t...

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Safaricom suspends charges for M-PESA transfers below Ksh. 1,000 in response to the Coronavirus crisis

Staff WriterMarch 16, 2020

Safaricom has announced that it has suspends charges for M-PESA transactions below Ksh. 1,000 in response to the Coronavirus crisis in Kenya. Kenya currently ha...

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Safaricom Foundation to invest Ksh. 130 Million in TVET programme

Samson NderiMarch 9, 2020

Safaricom Foundation has announced that it intends to invest Ksh. 130 Million towards Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) with a focus on Plu...

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Safaricom introduces new Karibu Postpay with more minutes, data & unlimited SMS

Samson NderiMarch 3, 2020

Safaricom has launched a new Karibu PostPay plans whereby the bundled voice, data and sms do not expire. Plans will be available on a 30-day basis with any unus...

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Safaricom partners with Amazon to become a reseller of AWS cloud products

Staff WriterFebruary 27, 2020

Safaricom has announced that it has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS), which will see the Telco become a reseller of AWS cloud products. Safaricom has...

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Safaricom joins the Valuable 500 Disability Inclusion movement

Samson NderiFebruary 24, 2020

Safaricom has joined the Valuable 500, a movement that brings together CEO’s responsible for huge organisations to put disability inclusion on the global busine...

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Safaricom introduces 0110 and 0111 prefix numbers

Samson NderiFebruary 18, 2020

Safaricom has today announced the introduction of SIM cards with the 0110 and 0111 prefixes at all Safaricom Shops and Dealer Outlets countrywide. The new-pr...

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Safaricom Foundation launches phase two of the Ndoto Zetu initiative

Samson NderiFebruary 6, 2020

Safaricom Foundation has launched the second phase of Ndoto Zetu, an initiative that aims to positively transform lives of communities across Kenya. Ndoto Ze...

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Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom Eastern finals to be in Machakos on Feb 8-9

Staff WriterJanuary 30, 2020

Machakos County is set host the Eastern Regional finals of the Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom youth football tournament. The matches will be played on 8th and 9th Feb...

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Eliud Kipchoge emerges as the 2019 Safaricom Sports Personality of the Year

Samson NderiJanuary 27, 2020

Eliud Kipchoge was crowned crowned as the overall Safaricom Sports Personality of the Year at the 16th edition of the awards which were held at the Mombasa Spor...

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Safaricom M-PESA & Ria to facilitate money transfers from North America & Europe to Kenya

James WamathaiJanuary 20, 2020

Safaricom has partnered with Ria Money Transfer that will enable M-PESA customers to be able to receive money transfers from North America and Europe. The ne...

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Safaricom partners with M-Gas to offer prepaid cooking gas

Staff WriterJanuary 14, 2020

Safaricom has  partnered with M-Gas to launch a prepaid gas service for Kenyan households. The service is expected to empower millions of Kenyan homes to enjoy ...

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Safaricom Foundation assists in the resettlement of families affected by floods in West Pokot

Staff WriterDecember 24, 2019

Safaricom Foundation has donated Ksh. 4 Million towards the resettlement of at least 300 families who were displaced and require support to rebuild their homes....

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Yanga FC & Kwale Ladies are the Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom Coast winners

Staff WriterDecember 10, 2019

Yanga FC from Malindi and Kwale Ladies from Kwale are the winners of the boys and girls Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom Coast Region tournament. Yanga FC won after ...

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Safaricom, MOH and Korea Telecom partner to launch Safiri Smart an Epidemic Prevention Platform

Staff WriterDecember 6, 2019

Safaricom has partnered with the Ministry of Health and Korea Telecom (KT)  to launch a “Safiri Smart” a disease surveillance and awareness project that will en...

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Safaricom Mali to allow M-Pesa customers to save & get 10% annual interest

Staff WriterDecember 4, 2019

Kenyan telecommunication company Safaricom has launched a new digital saving product called Mali. The new product will be available to Safaricom M-Pesa customer...

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Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom Coast finals to take place this weekend

Staff WriterDecember 3, 2019

The Coast regional finals of the Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom youth football tournament will be held this weekend on Saturday and Sunday at Bomu Stadium in Changamw...

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Safaricom customers can now get virtual post office boxes at 300 bob a year

Staff WriterDecember 2, 2019

Safaricom has partnered with the Postal Corporation of Kenya (Posta Kenya) to enable its customers to be able to get virtual post office boxes at Ksh. 300 a yea...

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