Michael Joseph explains why he resigned as Safaricom board chair
Safaricom founding CEO Michael Joseph has come out to reveal the reasons he decided to quit his plum job as the telco’s board chair. Joseph was appointed Safaricom board chair in August 2020 following the retirement of former chairman Nicholas Nganga. Joseph was Safaricom‘s founding CEO before he became a Board Director and later a […]
John Ngumi replaces Michael Joseph as Safaricom board chairman
John Ngumi has been appointed as new Safaricom PLC Director and Chairman of the Board with effect from August 1, 2022. Ngumi takes over from Michael Joseph, who has served as the chairman since August 2020. “The Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr John Ngumi as a Director in Safaricom PLC with […]
K24Plus launches Supaa monthly deal
Kenya’s leading OTT platform. K24 Plus has launched K24 Plus Supaa Monthly Deals as it continues to refresh its content slate and meet the need to create an entertainment experience that the whole family can enjoy. K24 Plus Supaa Monthly Deals is a subscription service that will offer an entertainment experience to the whole family. […]
How to register your Safaricom line online
On Friday, April 15, Safaricom PLC rolled out an online registration system for SIM cards ahead of the Communications Authority of Kenya deadline which was later extended to October. CA had initially announced that all active SIM cards should have been registered by April 15 before the deadline was moved by six months to October […]
Safaricom bows to pressure on deadline day, opens online portal for SIM card registration
Kenya’s largest telco, Safaricom, has bowed to pressure from Kenyans and opened an online portal for SIM card registration. The move comes on the deadline day issued by the Communication Authority of Kenya (CA), requiring Kenyans to register their SIM cards afresh. Safaricom, which boasts of over 40 million subscribers countrywide, had been asking Kenyans […]
Safaricom announces interruption of Lipa na Mpesa services
Safaricom PLC has announced interruption of Lipa na Mpesa services for one hour from Saturday, March 12, at 11:59 pm to Sunday, March 13, at 1:00 am. The services to be interrupted include Buy Goods and PayBill. “We will be upgrading our systems to increase our capacity in line with our customer growth and to […]
Hearing of case where Safaricom employees are accused of attempting to leak subscriber data info to betting firm postponed
The hearing of a case where two Safaricom employees allegedly planned to defraud the company of a total of Ksh300 million has been postponed to June. Milimani Law Courts chief Magistrate Wendy Kegendo adjourned the hearing against the employees namely Simon Billy Kinuthia, Brian Njoroge Wamatu and their co- accomplice Benedict Kabugi Ndung’u to June […]