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Airtel Kenya unveils new offer on calls, SMS, and data for postpaid subscribers

April 24, 2023 admin 0

Airtel Premier offers three distinct packages: “Bonga Zaidi” for those with a need to make more calls, “Browse Ukibonga” for people who need a good balance of calls talk time and data and “Browse Zaidi” for heavy data users. Uniquely, Airtel Premier subscribers will enjoy free Airtel to Airtel calls even after they have exhausted the allocated All-Network minutes. Rollover of Minutes, Data, and SMS is applicable when customers renew their Airtel Premier subscription with the same plan within ten days of expiry. [c]

Safaricom merges PostPay and All-in-One monthly plans into ‘Go Monthly’ bundles

December 6, 2022 admin 0

Safaricom has announced a revamp of its monthly plans that will see it’s PostPay and All-in-One plans consolidated under the Go Monthly proposition, with customers set to enjoy lower prices. The revamp will see customers enjoy [c]

Safaricom Ethiopia launches with coverage in Addis Ababa and neighboring cities

October 6, 2022 admin 0

Safaricom Ethiopia has switched on its mobile telecommunications network and services in Addis Ababa, the country’s capital city. The Ethiopian government launched Digital Ethiopia 2025 to help the country realise its digital potential and leverage [c]

Almost 300,000 SIM cards deactivated by MNOs as October 15 verification deadline approaches

September 23, 2022 admin 1

Kenya’s mobile network operators – Safaricom, Airtel Kenya, Telkom Kenya, Jamii Telecom, and Equitel – have deactivated a total of 287,214 SIM cards in the three months between May to June 2022. The update comes [c]

Safaricom begins phased city-by-city customer network rollout in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

August 29, 2022 admin 0

Safaricom has embarked on a large scale customer pilot of its network in Dire Dawa City, Ethiopia. The operation is part of the telco’s phased city-by-city regional network roll-out and rigorous service tests which will [c]

Changa Bundle now enables Telkom Kenya subscribers to share data, minutes, voice and SMS

June 23, 2022 admin 0

Telkom has launched the Changa Bundle to enable Kenyans share data, minutes, voice and SMSs. Telkom prepaid customers now have the opportunity to acquire 100 GB of data, 200 on-net minutes, 50 off-net minutes, and 200 SMSs for Kshs [c]

Safaricom launches Christmas campaign to reward customers over festive season

December 6, 2021 admin 0

Safaricom has launched a Christmas campaign dubbed ‘Pokea Uteo Wa Furaha’. ‘Pokea uteo wa furaha’ is month-long campaign that kicks off on 4 December 2021 up to 15 January 2022 and seeks to deepen customer [c]

Handy Solutions That Will Greatly Enhance How You Market Your Business

March 6, 2021 admin 0

Steve Jobs once dropped an iPod prototype into an aquarium just to tell his people, “you can do better.” When the iPod was dropped, it released air bubbles into the water. There was still room [c]

Smishing attack tells you “mobile payment problem” – don’t fall for it!

November 13, 2020 admin 0

By Paul Ducklin As we’ve warned before, phishing via SMS, or smishing for short, is still popular with cybercriminals. Sure, old-fashioned text messages have fallen out of favour for personal communications, superseded round the world by instant messaging apps [c]