M-Pesa Xpress GPS Safaricom M-PESA Xpress has been around for more than four years . The feature was launched by the operator to see Kenyans pay easily for apps from places such as Google Play or iOS’s App Store. At its launch, it made a lot of sense why this development was made. Many Kenyans […]
Dar es Salaam. Vodacom Tanzania Plc, Managing Director Sitho Mdlalose has said their telecommunications vision is to unite all Tanzanians in the digital world so that they can reap the benefits of the revolution. Mdlalose said on Thursday January 27, during the Bridging the Digital Divide symposium held at Serena Hotel in Dar es Salaam […]
Safaricom #ticker:SCOM has introduced discounts on its home fixed Internet service by up to Sh400 or 16.6 percent in an effort to woo customers and ward off competition from rivals. The telco has been asking some of its customers on its Sh2,999 package where it offers speeds of 8Mbps to pay Sh2,500 only on their […]
More Than 4.8 Million M-PESA Super App Customers Can Now Digitally Access NSSF Services Nairobi, Kenya – 31st January 2022… Safaricom (NSE: SCOM) has partnered with NSSF to enable customers conveniently access services through the NSSF Mini App on the M-PESA Super App. Customers can register for NSSF membership, keep track of their contributions, top […]
Safaricom Half Year Results 2020 Today I’ve received a message from Safaricom telling me to urgently visit any of their agents or shops to update my SIM registration. I’m sure many of you may have already received a similar message in the past months. I’ve seen a number of people share their screenshots since November […]
Nairobi — A bill introduced in Parliament that sought to compel mobile telco firms to reimburse customers Sh10 for every dropped call has expired, a sign of relief for telco providers including Safaricom and Airtel. If passed to law, the Kenya Information and Communication (Amendment) Bill, 2019 would see the customers compensated for a maximum […]
CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, announced last week that it had invested close to £2.2bn in total in African businesses in the last two years – beating its 2020 Africa Investment Summit pledge of £2bn. CEO Nick O’Donohoe said: “I am delighted that we exceeded the ambitious target we set at the Africa […]
MTN Uganda has introuced a mobile overdraft service in the country following the success of the Safaricom MPESA Fuliza overdraft service . Dubbed Momo Advance, the Service is a collaboration between MTN Mobile Money Uganda and NCBA Bank Uganda. NCBA Bank is the same bank that has run Fuliza, the region’s first mobile overdraft service […]
Vodacom shareholders have approved a proposal to buy a controlling 55% stake in Vodafone Egypt for the equivalent of US$2.68 billion. The deal, first proposed in November 2021 , means South Africa-based Vodacom will have a footprint covering 500 million people across Africa and more than 40% of Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP). Vodacom group […]
AstraZeneca pharmaceutical company has been named the top employer in Kenya under the pharmaceuticals category by the Top Employers institute alongside Novartis, a world leader in the research and development of products. The firm which is certified in fourteen countries is a British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company whose prominence rose with the onset of […]
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