Kenya: Safaricom partners with M-Pesa Africa and Sumitomo to launch accelerator program for start-ups

Safaricom had already launched an investment fund in 2014 called Spark Venture Fund. As it seeks to evolve from its current status as a telecoms company to a technology company, the company wants to go beyond just injecting capital. The Kenyan telecommunications company Safaricom announced on Wednesday, November 8, that it had launched a program called...

Airtel Kenya, Safaricom extend 5G coverage

Airtel Kenya and Safaricom announced this week they are expanding 5G coverage across 35 counties. Kenya’s counties are geographical units and the East African country has 47 of them. Now, Bomet, Busia, Isiolo, Kitui, Mandera, Migori, Tharaka-Nithi, Trans Nzoia, Homa Bay, West Pokot, Embu, Kirinyaga, Muranga, and Turkana are among the new counties where 5G...

Safaricom seeks govt support to safeguard telecom infrastructure

Safaricom, Kenyan telco, has approached the government for help in classifying telecommunications equipment as critical infrastructure. This comes in the wake of an uptick in vandalism recorded around the country. Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa highlighted during the unveiling of Kenya’s first device assembly plant that the sector has collectively invested in modern infrastructure that is...

Safaricom Introduces Advanced Cloud Services for Businesses

Safaricom, one of Kenya’s leading mobile network operator revamped its in-country cloud computing platform and services, to help businesses and organisations digitise their operations offer flexibility and resilience to an ever changing environment. Powered by VMware The new cloud services, hosted in Data centres in Nairobi and Kisumu are powered by VMware technologies. The additional...

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