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Kenya's M-Shwari targets insurance firms

This move would be in line with wider access to lifestyle benefits by mobile banking platforms.

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Internet growth rate in Kenya ‘outpaces’ voice

Kenyan communications watchdog unveils the country’s updated telecommunications stats.

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Orange Kenya reintroduces call back services

‘Nisort’ is available to cash-strapped subscribers needing to make urgent calls.

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Essar Telecom Kenya skipping 3G, heading straight for LTE

Yu Mobile, owned by Essar, is the only Kenyan mobile operator not to have 3G coverage.

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Why Kenya’s fixed line market is shrinking

Competition from mobile operators, copper theft and high costs result in a 5.5% fall in subscriptions.

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Network solutions firm CommProve inks deal with Safaricom

Kenya’s leading telco partners with the Irish firm to deploy a monitoring service.

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Safaricom faces court battle over mobile money credit scheme

Microfinance institution is sueing the telco for copyright infringement regarding M-Shwari.

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‘Expats must leave Telkom Kenya’

Kenyan government wants telco to reduce its expatriate staff to end a loss-making streak.

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Safaricom to offer credit via M-shwari

The mobile money service is expected to ruffle the feathers of commercial banks in that country.

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Safaricom to host M-Pesa in Kenya by 2015


The mobile operator also expects to increase the number of transactions it currently handles.

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Kenya’s media, Safaricom plan fighting reckless driving

More than 3,000 people die every year owing to carnage on the country’s roads.