Safaricom

With the new reality that is the Coronavirus, people and corporates are trying their level best to minimize human-to-human interactions. While many people are forced to stay home, essential things that were previously mundane, like getting a newspaper is getting harder. In a bid to... Read More

Kenya's leading mobile firm, Safaricom, is blazing the trail in the road to 5G. The next generation in mobile internet that is set to succeed 4G is still in its infancy. Globally, only a handful of markets; the U.S, Korea and a few cities across... Read More

In the past two days, you have probably seen headlines about M-Gas and its partnership with Safaricom. But what exactly is M-Gas and how does it work? Well, we ordered one of the units and we shall have a proper hands-on soon. Before that, this... Read More

Call divert is a phone feature that enables the user to forward or redirect their incoming calls to an alternate number. These can be a landline or cellular number. Usually, users choose to divert incoming calls directly to their voicemail. When call divert is enabled,... Read More

Kenyans have Monday morning woken up to chilling news that Safaricom's CEO Bob Collymore has succumbed to cancer. In a statement to the public from Safaricom PLC Board Chairman, Nicholas Ng'ang'a says, “It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing away of Robert... Read More

Safaricom has announced the availability of a “Reverse Call” feature enabling its more than 31 million customers to pay for calls for loved ones. The reverse call service enables a Safaricom caller to transfer the cost of a call to the receiver by adding ‘#’... Read More

They say if you're not paying for a product, then YOU are there product. You've wondered how Facebook manages to be one of the world's most profitable companies, yet it remains free to use. Your data, your photos, your interactions, your habits, that's the real... Read More

Here are some stats for you; In Nigeria, 66% of all smartphones in use in the nation have more than one SIM. In Tanzania, the percentage stands at a whopping 58%. I couldn't find any stats for Kenya or Uganda but if these two relatively... Read More

WhatsApp is the undisputed king of Instant Messaging, if shear number are anything to go by. Feature-wise, that's debatable(a story for another day). Safaricom knows this and also understands that the millennials make the bulk of WhatsApp users. Safaricom has been taking keen interest on... Read More