airtel kenya

Airtel Kenya has come a long way in boosting it's network coverage across the country, taking on market leader Safaricom and in some aspects, even coming out on top. The telco prides itself in being the 'Smartphone Network' and it has pretty affordable data packages... Read More

Airtel Kenya recently announced the launch of eSIM technology in Kenya. An eSIM, also known as an embedded SIM or electronic SIM, is a digital SIM card that is embedded in a device and can be activated remotely by a network operator. This innovation promises... Read More

For quite some time now, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has been seeking to ring-fence mobile money services away from telecom businesses. To this effect, the second biggest telecommunications service provider in Kenya, Airtel Networks Limited has split with Airtel Money. This separation has... Read More

In the aftermath of the gruesome terror attack at the Westgate mall in 2013, the Kenyan government mandated all carriers operating in the country to have each and every SIM card registered to someone's National ID. Essentially, this would allow future investigation into whose numbers... Read More

Many can relate to the pain of having all your airtime used up by your carrier's expensive off-bundle data rates. Telecom companies are aware of this pain to their customers. To address this, many have a Data Manager in place. This is a server-side feature... Read More

It is no secret that the messaging situation on Android is a bit of a mess. Ask any iPhone users and one of the reasons they are reluctant to make the switch to the world of Android and you're bound to hear something to do... Read More

All-in-One bundles are really starting to take off in Kenya. Telkom Kenya with their #MzitoBundle, Airtel Kenya with their UnlimiNet and Safaricom's All-in-One bundle to take on those offers. But as we found out when comparing them, Safaricom consistently offered little value for money. To... Read More

From as far back as April of 2018, we've heard talks of a possible merger between the second and third largest telcos in the country; Telkom Kenya and Airtel Kenya. That was not to be as on 10th June 2018, Mobile network operator Airtel has... Read More

Just before Christmas, Airtel Kenya announced a promotional offer through which Airtel subscribers would see their call rates to other local networks cut down to just Ksh 1 per minute. I'm an Airtel customer but in the festive craze, I saw and dismissed the offer,... Read More