Tag: Safaricom

It is now impossible for you to send money via mobile to your SportPesa account

It is now impossible for you to send money to your SportPesa account using the Paybill number 955100. Telecommunications company Safaricom says it has deactivated the use of the Paybill number in a bid to comply with the Government’s directive ordering the mobile services firm and others in the industry – Telkom and Airtel – […]

Why Safaricom will close all its shops for 4 hours tomorrow

East Africa’s leading telecommunications company, Safaricom, will close all its shops in Kenya on Thursday, July 4 between 10:30am and 2:30pm in honour of the firm’s Late CEO Bob Collymore. The move will allow Bob Collymore’s wider family to reflect on his life, said the firm. Collymore’s memorial service will be held on Thursday at […]

Bob Collymore: From art hawker to Safaricom CEO

Bob Collymore, who died in the wee hours of Monday July 1, 2019, was born in 1958 in Guyana. He was brought up by his grandparents before he moved to the United Kingdom to stay with his mother at age 16. He attended Selhurst High School in the UK before he was offered a place […]

Inside Safaricom’s Platinum plan in which users got large amounts of ‘free’ internet

Writer’s Twitter handle: @faminga Safaricom is yet to make a decision on the fate of some ‘adventurous customers” who found their way around the firm’s premier Platinum Plan and managed to access data and call plans almost free of charge. The early morning glitch which is said to have started at around 8am saw customers […]

Safaricom rolls out “reverse call” feature for all customers

Safaricom has today announced the availability of its “Reverse Call” feature enabling its more than 31 million customers to pay for calls for loved ones.  The service enables a caller to transfer the cost of a call to the receiver by adding ‘#’ before the number they are calling. For instance, to transfer the cost of […]

Feeling a little broke? Here are some means to an end

Are you short on cash? Feeling a little broke? Here are some means to an end. Put your broke days behind you. Fuliza M-PESA This is a service that allows only M-PESA customers to complete their M-PESA transactions when they have insufficient funds in their M-PESA account. Mshwari Safaricom also have M-Shwari. In order to qualify […]