African telecom giant, Safaricom is expected to roll out its 5G network in Kenya on Friday 26th March, 2021. The new development comes a year after the operator had started testing the service in the country.
Safaricom’s 5G launch will see it become the third telecom operator to fully deploy the network in Africa, after Vodacom and MTN unveiled their 5G networks in South Africa last year.
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) has allocated the necessary spectrum for Safaricom’s 5G network which is set to launch in Nairobi and Western Kenya.
Recall that Technext had predicted in a previous post that African countries such as Kenya seemed ready to deploy 5G on a commercial scale in 2021. African Telecom Space in Review: The Gains, Challenges and what the Future Holds For African telecom operators, the year 2020 was anything but “business as usual”. This is because the regular workflow was heavily disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic which affected businesses globally. Following the widespread outbreak which led to prolonged lockdowns in several African countries, telecom operators including MTN and Safaricom had to review certain policies ranging … Continue reading African Telecom Space in Review: The Gains, Challenges and what the Future Holds Technext 0 Comments WordPress Embed
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As Safaricom deploys its 5G network, data plans are expected to be much more expensive compared to 4G, raising the question of affordability for over 38 million subscribers. Kenya consumes more internet data than Ghana, but less than South Africa and Nigeria According to the Inclusive Internet Index 2020 report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), Kenya ranks 5th below Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana and Cameroon in terms of internet affordability.
Kenya trails these four countries based on the cost of access […]
