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Safaricom partners with Minti Motorsports to sponsor Carl Tundo’s quest for Safari Rally win

Grace MathekaJune 22, 2021

Safaricom has announced its partnership with Equator African Rally Championship (ARC) winner, Carl Flash Tundo during this week’s World Rally Championship (WRC)...

Kris Senanu joins Safaricom as the new Chief Enterprise Business Officer

Grace MathekaJune 19, 2021

Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa has announced the appointment of Kris Senanu as the new Chief Enterprise Business Officer effective 21st June, 2021. In his new role,...

Safaricom and Huawei host fun run in Karura Forest in preparation for the Lewa Marathon

Grace MathekaJune 18, 2021

World Champion athletes, Catherine Ndereba and Henry Wanyoike, recently joined representatives from corporates and Lewa Wildlife Conservancy wildlife rangers fo...

Safaricom announces a Ksh. 17.5 million sponsorship deal for the WRC Safari Rally

Grace MathekaJune 16, 2021

Safaricom has announced a Ksh. 17.5 million sponsorship for the WRC Safari Rally. The sponsorship comes following the event's return to the World Rally Champion...

World Champion Eliud Kipchoge joins runners for Lewa Marathon practice run

Grace MathekaJune 11, 2021

Marathon World Record Champion and Lewa Ambassador, Eliud Kipchoge, recently joined the Lewa community for a practice run in preparation for the 2021 Virtual Le...

Stephen Chege & Donald Wangunyu appointed to the NSE Board of Directors

Grace MathekaJune 10, 2021

The Board of Directors of the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) has announced the following changes in the Board. 1. Retirement of Directors The following 4 d...

What you need to know about the Safaricom eSIM

Grace MathekaJune 9, 2021

Safaricom has introduced the Safaricom eSIM (Embedded Subscriber Identity Module) in the country. This was confirmed in the changelog of the mySafaricom app upd...

President Kenyatta in Addis Ababa to witness issuance of operating license to Safaricom

Grace MathekaJune 8, 2021

President Uhuru Kenyatta is in Ethiopia for a state visit. He was received at the airport by senior government officials including Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Du...

Safaricom plans to plant 1 million trees in 2021

Grace MathekaJune 8, 2021

Safaricom has announced that it plans to plant one million trees by the end of the year. The plan is part of a five-million-tree initiative that the company ini...

How Safaricom’s Ndoto Zetu initiative is changing the lives of Kenyans, one pupil at a time

Samson NderiJune 7, 2021

Education can be termed as the process of transferring knowledge, abilities, values and skills from one person to another. It is essentially a social activity w...

Safaricom launches BAZE, a video on demand content platform

Grace MathekaMay 31, 2021

Safaricom has unveiled BAZE, a mobile, video-on-demand service that offers a wide selection of local and regional short-form videos in comedy, drama, lifestyle,...

Safaricom customers to get up to 200 MBs free in new data campaign

Grace MathekaMay 27, 2021

Safaricom has launched a new data campaign that will see customers enjoy free data every day customized to their usage profiles. As part of the campaign, custom...

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Safaricom led consortium awarded telecommunication license in Ethiopia

Grace MathekaMay 22, 2021

Ethiopia has awarded a new telecommunication license to a consortium including Safaricom and the Vodafone Group, paving the way for an opening of the sector to ...

Safaricom Foundation launches third phase of the Ndoto Zetu Initiative

Grace MathekaMay 21, 2021

Safaricom Foundation has announced that it will invest Ksh. 100 million for its third phase of the Ndoto Zetu initiative. The initiative aims at supporting loca...

Huawei partners with Safaricom to launch “Scan & Order” an innovative solution for restaurants

Grace MathekaMay 20, 2021

Safaricom and Huawei have announced their trial of an innovative new solution for restaurants, dubbed Scan & Order. This solution was developed to help rest...

Safaricom wins GSMA Award for outstanding contribution to the mobile industry

Grace MathekaMay 18, 2021

Safaricom has been awarded the Outstanding Contribution to the Mobile Industry Award by the GSM Association (GSMA). The GSMA is an association of global mobile ...

Safaricom’s net profit for FY 2020 reduces to Ksh. 68B due to COVID-19 challenges

Grace MathekaMay 14, 2021

Telecommunication company Safaricom has reported a reduced Ksh. 68B profit after tax for the year ended 31st march 2021. This is a reduction from the Ksh. 74 bi...

Safaricom Foundation renovates maternal and newborn units at KNH Othaya branch

Grace MathekaMay 10, 2021

Safaricom Foundation has refurbished and equipped the newborn and maternal high dependency units at Kenyatta National Hospital branch in Othaya. The refurbishme...

Lucille Aveva appointed as Safaricom Director for new Customer Obsession department

Grace MathekaMay 4, 2021

Safaricom CEO, Peter Ndegwa, has appointed Lucille Aveva as Customer-Obsession, effective May 1, 2021. The new role has been created in line with Safaricom's mi...

Huawei holds 6th edition of the Unitech Talk lecture series

Grace MathekaMay 3, 2021

Huawei recently held the 6th edition of the Unitech Talk themed The role of e-commerce in trading. The talk brought together experts from the private sector and...

Digital loan companies to face tough service requirements in proposed CBK Bill

Grace MathekaApril 27, 2021

Digital mobile money lenders will have up to 6 months to be licensed by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). This will happen if Parliament passes a Bill proposing ...

GSMA launches Mobile Net Zero “State of the Industry on Climate Action 2021” report

Grace MathekaApril 24, 2021

The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSMA) has launched its first-ever and new annual report dubbed Mobile Net Zero – State of the Industry on Climate A...

Lewa Safari Marathon 2021 slated for 26th June

Grace MathekaApril 24, 2021

The annual Lewa Safari Marathon will for the second year running be taking place virtually on 26th June, 2021 due to the shifts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic....

Safaricom Youth Orchestra 7th graduation ceremony slated for 25th April

Grace MathekaApril 24, 2021

Safaricom has announced that 11 students will graduate at the seventh Safaricom Youth Orchestra graduation ceremony to happen Sunday 25th April, 2021. The event...

Muhuri goes to court to challenge exclusive use of M-Pesa at Likoni channel

Grace MathekaApril 22, 2021

Civil society group, Muslims for Human Rights (Muhuri) has challenged the exclusive use of Safaricom's MPESA for payment of toll charges at the Likoni ferry cro...

Safaricom partners with Nakuru County to launch a medical records program

Grace MathekaApril 16, 2021

Safaricom and the Nakuru County Government have partnered to improve health services for over 100,000 people through an integrated electronic medical records pr...

Sitoyo Lopokoiyit appointed M-PESA Africa Managing Director

Grace MathekaApril 8, 2021

Safaricom has appointed Sitoyo Lopokoiyit as the M-PESA Africa managing director, effective April 1, 2021. In his new role, Lopokoiyit will be responsible for g...

CDSC appoints 4 new members to its Board of Directors

Grace MathekaApril 8, 2021

The Central Depository and Settlement Corporation (CDSC), has appointed new members on the Board of Directors with Mrs. Aida Kimemia-Nesbitt as the new Board Ch...

Safaricom adopts Ericsson’s MINI-LINK 6352 microwave technology to boost mobile coverage

Grace MathekaApril 8, 2021

Safaricom has announced that it will use Ericsson to supply microwave solutions on the E-band platform to achieve multi Gbps backhaul capacity for mobile broadb...

The Safaricom Choir: A project of love and going beyond

Grace MathekaApril 3, 2021

The Safaricom Choir has grown in leaps and bounds since its inception in 2008. It started with a challenge. The then Safaricom CEO, Michael Joseph, a lover of c...

Safaricom choir to entertain fans with Easter melodies this Sunday

Grace MathekaApril 3, 2021

The Safaricom choir will host a virtual Easter concert this Sunday evening for forty-five minutes on NTV and Safaricom’s YouTube Channel as from 8 pm East Afric...

Last day to apply for the 2021 Safaricom Youth Orchestra

Grace MathekaMarch 31, 2021

The Safaricom Youth Orchestra has announced that it has opened applications for this year's vacant positions. The Orchestra starts from May every year to March...

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Safaricom rolls out 5G connectivity trials in Nairobi, Kisumu, Kisii & Kakamega

Grace MathekaMarch 26, 2021

Safaricom has launched a set of trials for the 5G connectivity technology for its customers. The trial will begin with both individual and enterprise customers ...

Safaricom Foundation funds young farmers in Kajiado and Bungoma Counties

Grace MathekaMarch 23, 2021

Youth in Oloitokitok, Kajiado county have benefitted from a Ksh. 32 million funded Youth in Agribusiness program by the Safaricom Foundation. Another 50 young w...

Safaricom receives top taxpayer award 2020 from KRA

Grace MathekaMarch 19, 2021

Safaricom has been awarded the 2020 top taxpayer in the country under the Large Taxpayers category by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), for the 13th time in a ...

Safaricom Foundation donates Ksh. 5.3 million to schools and health centres in Wajir County

Grace MathekaMarch 16, 2021

Safaricom Foundation has donated funds for infrastructure and equipment to five schools and two health centres in Wajir County. The projects cumulatively receiv...

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Safaricom Home Fibre prices for 2021

Samson NderiMarch 13, 2021

Safaricom recently announced that it has made permanent the double internet speeds announced in March last year. According to them, this was a move to encourage...

How 5G technology will change the way we use our phones

Samson NderiMarch 11, 2021

Advances in technology have always come with good tidings for mankind due to the fact that these advances always bring a better way of doing things. From the in...

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Safaricom relaunches ‘Browse Bila Waas’ offer giving customers free 500MB data

Grace MathekaMarch 5, 2021

Safaricom has unveiled the second edition of the Browse Bila Waas campaign, which was initially launched early last year. The campaign will see customers enjoy ...

Safaricom & HELB launch payment solution to help students access loans easily

Grace MathekaMarch 2, 2021

Safaricom and the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) have partnered to launch a mobile payment solution for students in tertiary institutions. This payment me...

Schools in Turkana County benefit from projects funded by Safaricom Foundation

Grace MathekaMarch 2, 2021

Learners in Turkana County have benefitted from the construction of classrooms, purchase of books, desks, and chairs funded by the Safaricom Foundation. The pro...

Debra Mallowah appointed as the new VP for Coca-Cola East & Central Africa

Grace MathekaFebruary 22, 2021

Coca-Cola has appointed Debra Mallowah as the new Vice President for East and Central Africa, effective February 15 this year. Debra will be taking over from...