Safaricom

MPESA has become a key part of our lives as Kenyans. We use MPESA now to send money to family and friends, to pay for goods, to pay bills, school fees and everything else in between. That said, it is important to know just how... Read More

The vibrant music industry in our East African region and the continent at large seems to be too good an opportunity that big green just couldn't stay away. Monday night saw the launch of Songa, a music streaming platform by Safaricom. The company CEO on... Read More

Safaricom Home broadband users have something to celebrate this new month. Two things actually since the 90 days of January are gone. Safaricom is introducing two new bundles that aim at disrupt the now very competitive mobile data scene in the country. The two bundles,... Read More

Kenya's telecommunications giant and the world's leading mobile money service  does not intend to be just that. Safaricom plans to launch an e-commerce platform called "Masoko" (swahili for market) early next year. The platform will provide a tool for formal and informal online trading. Masoko... Read More

Microsoft has teamed up with Kenyan local operator Safaricom to offer mobile subscribers the ability to purchase Windows Phone Apps using their Air time. Up until now, mobile users had to have a credit card inorder to purchase mobile Apps from the App store. Obviously... Read More

Kenya's mobile Telecom operator, Safaricom could disrupt mobile banking yet again -- this time on mobile payment systems according to TechMoran, a Kenyan-based Tech blog; Kenya’s Safaricom is reportedly working on NFC-enabled SIM cards which will see Kenyans use their phones to pay for just... Read More