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Zuku Launches New Package at 500Mbs

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Zuku Launches New Package at 500Mbs

Zuku, the Wananchi Group owned internet company has announced a new internet package at 500Mbs in what they say is the fastest internet in Kenya.

The internet will be available on its triple play 500Mbs package, that offer customer three services of internet, TV and phone.

According to a statement sent to newsrooms, customer will access 500Mbs, internet speed, Digital TV and have access to home telephone for Ksh.2.00 under a single package.

Wresting Completion

The company seems to try to maintain its position from Safaricom, which at the end of 2019 beating Zuku to become the leading provider of fixed internet services in Kenya. However, Zuku regained its position at first quarter of this year with increased customer base.

Zuku’s 500Mbps claim is a bold claim that unfortunately for us, we cannot ascertain by us since we do not have access to their service, and neither have we recently used their internet.

However, if what they say is true – especially since their website currently DOES NOT list the 500Mbps package – then on paper they are right about having the fastest speeds compared to their rivals. For example, Safaricom’s highest speed offering for Home Fibre, as is listed on their website, is currently only 40Mbps.

Zuku also claims to have 100Mbps and 200Mbps packages under their Triple Play package, but from their website, we cannot see these packages listed and neither can we find a breakdown of the prices. Under the page, Zuku shows areas Zuku Fibre is available, we have seen the listing of 30Mbps, 50Mbps, 100Mbps, and 250Mbps.

Zuku Pricing

To celebrate this 500Mbps Triple Play Package, the company says they will be upgrading speeds of its current packages to twice their current speeds. This campaign will be dubbed “Twice the Speed X2” and will be part of their efforts to entice new customers.

Moreover, the company shared the pricing which is:

  •  Triple Play 10Mbps will be KES. 2,799
  • Triple Play 20Mbps will be KES. 4,199 and
  • Triple Play 60Mbps will be KES. 5,299

Prices for 100Mbs, 200Mbs, and 500Mbps have not been shared.

The company also said it is pledging to continue innovating and adapting its packages to the new emerging customer trends so as to fully satisfy them.

Do you use Zuku? Share with us what it is like to use the 100Mbs, 200Mbs or 500Mbps.

Eldoret Express Bus Online Booking, Destinations and Contacts

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Eldoret Express Bus Online Booking, Destinations and Contacts

In this article, we bring you Eldoret Express Bus Online Booking and Contacts. Eldoret express was once a famed bus company operating from Nairobi’s country bus station to various destination to Western Kenya until the rise of shuttles and other bus companies such as Easy Coach, Modern Coast, Dreamline, took over.

There was a time bus terminals in Kenya were dotted with these buses. Today, Eldoret express Bus is a pale shadow of its former self, though it continues to run services on the route.

Eldoret Express Bus Destinations

Eldoret Express Bus operates from most bus stations and routes to from Nairobi to Western Kenya. If you are traveling on any of the routes listed below and you want to get a taste of what Kenyan Matatu is like, then you can consider them.

  • Nairobi-Nakuru-Lessos-Kapsabet-Chavakali-Kakamega-Mumius and all the towns and trading centers in between.
  • Nairobi-Nakuru- Eldoret-Matunda-Moi’s Bridge- Kitale-Lodwar and all towns in between.
  • Nairobi-Nakuru- Eldoret-Matunda-Moi’s Bridge- Kapenguria.
  • Nairobi-Nakuru- Eldoret-Webuye- Busia.
  • Nairobi-Nakuru-Kericho-Kisumu-Kakamega.

The buses make stops at most of other towns along these routes and operate from these destinations back to Nairobi.

Eldoret Express Bus Online Booking

If this what brought you to this page, then, allow me to disappoint you, this bus company does not have a booking portal, leave alone a website. They do have a Facebook though.

This means it is impossible to make any booking online. Like typical Kenyan Matatus, you are left with one, option, walk to the bus stations and get yourself a ticket, board the bus and wait for other passengers.

And the wait can be very nerve-racking. You have to be very patient as it can take you up to 6 hours for the bus to finally leave after it is full.

These buses do not have a timetable and will only leave once the bus is full of passengers. If you want to test your patience, then try travelling with Eldoret Express bus.

Moreover, they do not have fixed fares along the routes, which change with the traffic available. You could pay triple the price especially during peak seasons.

In short, you cannot book Eldoret Express Bus online.

Eldoret Express Bus Contacts

Address: P. O. Box 31651 Ngara Rd, Nairobi

Phone: 020 6766886

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Eldoret-Express

Email: [email protected]

Website: No website

What do customers say?

We always bring reviews from users to give you a glimpse of what to expect. With a rating of 2.8 out of 5 in there Facebook page, they are not doing very well.

Here are some of the reactions from passengers who used Eldoret Express Bus.

Anne Buyanzi Says, “Eldoret express is seen to be the best but not best,the personnel employed there are very ignorant to listen to client , i traveled with KCT167T , The driver was so drunk you cant(cannot) come to any agreement so pathetic.”

Dan Dan says, “I have head of ignorant people but I think yesterday I came across the most ignorant of them all. I was travelling from Nairobi to Mau Summit in an Eldoret Express reg.KCG750M and on reaching my destination, I requested the conductor to assist me remove my luggage from the boot, only to be told that it had be dropped at Nakuru. It did not stop there the conductor became hash and abusive. The driver then drove off and I was left looking like a fool.”

Lastly here is what Eugene Oketch says, “Worst transport ever. We have been stranded at the bus office in Kisumu for nearly five hours now and we paid a fee of 1000 each….plus the staff are rude towards the customers…they refused to drive us to Nairobi instead they brought in another company’s bus called Sony….worst experience ever….never again will I use Eldoret express again..#lastTime.”

For these comments, it is not difficult to see why they have such a low rating. In fact, I did not find a single positive review.

Conclusion

Eldoret Express Bus is that that you take when all options have been exhausted. You can use better buses such as Easy Coach, Modern Coast, and Dreamline or shuttles such as North Rift, Blueline, Classic Luxury, and Prestige among others.

What is you experience traveling on Eldoret Express Bus, lete hizo feelings hapa.

Tuskys Fires Staff, Closes Branches As Troubles Continue

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Tuskys Fires Staff, Closes Branches As Troubles Continue

Tuskys Supermarket troubles financial continue after it sacked tens if its workforce and shut four branches across the country.

Shopaxo has learned that the supermarket, owned by Tusker Mattresses Ltd, has sacked workers that are not unionized most of who had gone several months without salaries.

The supermarket, over the past few month has had to shrink it number of branches as its financial woes continue.

The retailer has been running 63 branches spread across Kenya and Uganda, but its operation are now in limbo as rent, electricity and other utilities pull it down.

Power Disconnection

Power has already been disconnected from several branches by Kenya power after they were unable to pay their bills on time, which in turn have turned to expensive diesel generators to keep their businesses running.

Already nine branches have already been shut including the five in Uganda and four in Kenya namely, Tuskys Hakati in the Nairobi Central Business District (CBD), the Kilifi branch, Nairobi’s K-Mall outlet in Komarock Estate and

In addition to all five Ugandan branches that have remained shuttered for weeks now, Nairobi’s K-Mall outlet in Komarock Estate, Tuskys Hakati in the Nairobi and Eldoret’s Uganda Road.  

This follows the closure of three branches that begun in April of this year, with three branches in Nairobi, one in Kitale and another in Mombasa.

Shopaxo leaned that Tuskys has an estimated 2,000 permanent and pensionable employees who are unionised and about 4,000 mainly low-cadre workers who are outsourced from firms such as Artemis Outsourcing Ltd, Amicum and Qrisha.

Tuskys woos continue even as a reported cash injection of Ksh2 billion ($20 million) from an undisclosed Mauritius fund does not seem to have improved the fortunes of the debt-ridden retailer, which inevitably seems to be going the Nakumatt way.

Staff contracted under the outsourcing firms started receiving their termination letters on Thursday, September 10 with promises of them seeing their salaries settled by the end of the month.

One employee who had been summoned to at the Artemis offices on Kimathi Street told The East African, “We are staff that have been outsourced to Tuskys and we have been working there for a while. We have been called to their offices. Some of us are being given termination letters, others are being told that we will get back to you. For those who are being given termination letters  you are given a cheque of which you are not sure whether it is going to bounce or not by the end of the month.”

However, Boniface Kavuvi, the Secretary General of the Kenya Union of Commercial Food and Allied Workers said none of its members had been affected by the layoffs.

“If workers are sacked and happen to be our members they come to us for presentation,” he said.

“You are hereby notified to proceed on unpaid leave effective July 24, 2020, until further notice or when business operations at our client premises will normalise. Kindly note that in the event in the event that the situation of our client does not improve, clause 1 and 13 of your employment contract will take effect immediately,” read in part the letter issued to one of the workers by Artemis Outsourcing Ltd and seen by Shopaxo.

As it faces more woes, Tuskys has not paid thousands of its direct and outsourced employees for the months of July and August, with salary arrears topping an estimated Ksh320 million.

  • *Parts of this post have been adapted from The East African.

Elizabeth Mbugua Crowned The Safaricom MobiPlay Challenge Champion

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Elizabeth Mbugua Crowned The Safaricom MobiPlay Challenge Champion

Elizabeth Mbugua has been announced by Safaricom today as the overall winner of the just concluded mobile gaming competition called Mobiplay challenge.

Accepting her prize, Elizabeth Mbugua, MobiPlay Challenge winner said, “I am delighted to be announced as the overall winner of the MobiPlay Challenge by Safaricom. The competition was tough as it involved experienced and professional mobile gamers across the country. I have been leading since week three, winning all five games including shooters, basketball, crossing, knify, and stacking to get here.”

The 8-week challenge saw over seventy thousand mobile gamers compete in various mobile games that included arcade, action games, and puzzles. The completion sought to reward over four hundred and eighty winners daily and weekly with prizes such as smartphones to airtime.

Elizabeth Mbugua-Mobiplay Challenge

Elizabeth is an ardent gamer from Ruiru, Kiambu County, who accumulated 1,168,750 points to create an unassailable lead during the last 6 weeks of the competition.

For her efforts, she won herself iPhone 11 Pro Max, three PlayStation 4 devices, and twenty-two neon ray-pro smartphones.

The second and third positions were taken by Victor Kimiyu from Nairobi and Kevin Ocharo from Nyamira respectively after the garnered 1,147,100 and 405,600 points each.

The MobiPlay Challenge follows a successful e-sport competition ran by Safaricom in last year that saw over 900 gamers across the country participate in grassroots and regional console-based tournaments. Safaricom Games Lounge has been in existence since 2015 and is used by over 167,000 customers to access affordable premium mobile games, with puzzle and arcade games the most popular options.

Safaricom Rolls Out New M-pesa USSD Code.

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Safaricom Rolls Out New M-pesa USSD Code.

Safaricom, the giant mobile Company, has rolled out a new M-pesa USSD code that targets non-smartphone Mpesa users. The new code is *334#. The code consolidates all the services on a single easy to use Menu.

This makes it easier to send money to the intended recipient by displaying the recipient’s name and only progresses when the sender confirms to proceed.

During the roll-out, Safaricom’s CEO, Peter Ndegwa Said, “We have embarked on a strategy to simplify our range of products and services for our customers and to provide them with an even better experience. M-PESA on *334# is our first solution as part of the ongoing strategy and it refines how our customers interact with the service. Customers now have the opportunity to truly confirm the details of a transaction before it can progress making reversals a thing of the past.”

How to Use the New Mpesa USSD Code

To use the service, customers will need to initiate the transaction by dialing *334#. They are then presented with different M-Pesa services such as:

  • Send money
  • Lipa na M-pesa
  • Loan and Services among others.

The customer that proceeds by selecting a number that corresponds to the service they seek.

Simplifying the Process

The introduction of the new Mpesa USSD code seeks to bring together all the services that were once offered on different USSDs hence making it easier for customers to transact from a single point.

For example, with the new Mpesa Menu, customers can directly select to make payments to Paybill and till numbers for National and county government services, Banks, shopping outlets. Once a customer selects an option, they are then presented with a list of services they can then pay through Lipa Na M-pesa. 

Users can also use the Lipa na M-pesa option to pay for goods and other monthly utilities. Other options available include M-pesa Global, which allows users to send and receive money across the world.

Targeting non-smartphone users

This service targets users who do not have smartphones in Kenya who are about 25 million users though the number of smartphone users continues to rise.  

The new service makes it also easier for Safaricom to upgrade the platform, thus giving its customers to enjoy additional services.

Jobberman To Host Nigeria’s Virtual Career Fair

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Jobberman To Host Nigeria’s Virtual Career Fair

Nigeria’s Virtual Career Fair: Jobberman has announced that on 30th September 2020, it will host what it calls the largest Nigeria’s Virtual Career Fair.

During this Fair, more than 250 potential employers and over 10,000 highly qualified candidates from various sectors such as agriculture, digital and creative sectors will come together under one roof.

 “The Virtual Career Fair perfectly encapsulates Jobberman’s commitment to alleviating the strains of unemployment and employability, by connecting thousands of qualified candidates to reputable employers, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. As an innovative and technologically driven company, I am delighted that we were able to find a solution to this immediate and challenging issue, by creating this first-ever virtual space of opportunity for both employer and candidate. We strongly encourage signing-up,” this is according to Hilda Kragha, Managing Director of ROAM Africa Jobs.   

High Unemployment

The Nigeria’s Virtual Career Fair come at a time the country fight unemployment and underemployment that has affected the youth in the country. Moreover, the effects of the COVID-19 has worsened the situation.

The Fair focus to increase awareness to the youth on competitive job space and provide the necessary tools that they needed to get employed. Others include one-one interviews between candidates and employers and sessions such as CV Preparation masterclasses.

This is part of Jobberman’s mandate to train over 3 million Nigerians and place them in jobs in the next 5 years. Jobberman prides itself as the only recruitment services platform in Nigeria trains and places candidates in dignified employment.

The program equips young people (18-35) with critical tools including business etiquette, emotional intelligence, and more, to help them transition into their new roles and increase workplace productivity.

Free entrance to Nigeria’s Virtual Career Fair

Nigeria’s Virtual Career Fair is free to all candidates who have completed the online program and passed the end of the course assessment test.

During the event, companies mainly from agro-tech, digital, and creative sectors with operations in cities of Lagos, Kano, and Kaduna will attend.  Their aim will be to display their brands and company cultures.

Also able to sign in free will be potential employers who are already listed on the Jobberman platform and are committed to hiring within the next 3 months.

Jobberman is using its platform and network to create democratic and transparent opportunities that eliminate nepotism, enabling a more productive workforce. This, they have done successfully over a year. To attend Nigeria’s Virtual Career Fair, prospective employers and candidates can register at the link www.jobberman.com/careerfair

LG Electronics Launches Commercial Laundry Reference Store in Buruburu

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LG Electronics Launches Commercial Laundry Reference Store in Buruburu

LG has launched its first commercial laundry reference store in Buruburu, thus introducing its range of commercial dryers and washers in the Kenyan market.

“The laundromat business remains a venture with potential in the Kenyan market. With this Laundromat store, we seek to empower interested entrepreneurs and investors who are looking to venture into the laundry business market and set-up their own self-service laundry stores. The Laundromat Business has transformed the livelihood of several communities globally, from the end users to the investors. For example Asian countries and other continents, “said LG’s East Africa Managing Director Mr. Sa Nyoung Kim during the launch.

The store in Buruburu is designed to provide customers with business ideas and insights into the companies Commercial Laundry System. This system is a total solution that provides a complete set-up of LG dryer and waster equipment and business support.

LG Commercial Equipment Models

The commercial equipment come in two different main models: Titan C and Giant C+ focusing on the below benefits:

  • Durability – LG Inverter Direct Drive feature offers you quiet and low vibration performance and less parts equal less repairs.
  • Convenience – LG Commercial Laundry products are all front service accessible to reduce service time and intuitive programming controls allow operators to choose from a variety of functions and programs easily.
  • Efficiency – The washers are ENERGY STAR qualified that meets industry standards in energy efficiency, in line with LG’s corporate sustainability strategy to reduce the environmental impact of a product’s development, production, and circulation.

The LG Commercial Laundry system provides differentiated values to enterprises and customers that includes product reliability, low maintenance cost and energy and space saving features. The commercial washers provide superior durability and reliability, thanks to the LG Inverter Direct Drive™ that offers customers quiet and low vibration performance.

Moreover, comes with minimal parts which means customers need not worry about maintenance. In addition, the LG commercial dryers incorporates durable heavy-duty motors that results in better drying performance and increased drying performance.

With these machines, more customers and machinery can use limited space, which is suitable for many businesses.

Classic Luxury Shuttles Booking and Destinations

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Classic Luxury Shuttles Booking and Destinations

Classic Luxury Shuttle and not to be confused with a Classic Shuttle is a shuttle service that operates from its base on Mfangano Street in Nairobi to various destinations to Western Kenya.

Its direct competitors on the route are Blueline Shuttles, Eldoret Express, Mash Poa, Easy Coach and Dreamline buses.

The Shuttles carry a maximum of 11 passengers with some comfortable seats, though on this comfortable is a relative term to use.

However, they call themselves luxury shuttles, there nothing luxury about them, they are just like any other typical Matatus you will find on Kenyan Roads.

For starters, they do not have charging ports, not Wi-Fi onboard, and no onboard entertainment. If you are lucky, the driver will play some music repeatedly throughout the journey.

Classis Luxury Shuttle Destinations

As I said earlier, they operate from their base in the Central Business District of Nairobi City on Mfangano Street. From here, their destinations include but not limited to;

  • Lessos
  • Kapsabet
  • Shamakhokho
  • Baraton
  • Sabatia
  • Chavakali
  • Kakamega
  • Mumias
  • Busia
  • Muhoroni
  • Luanda
  • Kisumu

I have been using Classic Luxury shuttles quite often, and though I have listed several destinations, their main destination in Kapsabet. Should you board one and expect to get to a destination beyond Kapsabet, you are likely to find yourself in a mess. If you are going to destinations such as Shamakhokho, Chavakali or Kakamega, I would advise that you take the Blueline shuttle or better still Easy Coach.

Classic Luxury Shuttle Booking

Like typical Matatus, they have to online booking portal. You have to walk to their offices on the day of travel and hope that you will find yourself a seat. Moreover, due to this, they do not have any timetable. They only leave once the vehicle is “full.” The only good thing about this is that since they are only 11 seaters, this can happen so fast.

However, from their Facebook page, they say that you can book in advance by calling the number 0728947385. I tried calling the number twice, but nobody was picking up. You can try too and give us your experience.  

Moreover, they also do not have fixed fares, but the amount you pay will depend on wether there is traffic or not. If there be more people traveling, the fare shoots to up to double the normal fares.

Classic Luxury Shuttle Reviews

As a norm, I always bring you what customers are saying so that you can decide for yourself whether this is a shuttle, you should consider taking.

First is what a customer Sharon Adika Says:

I am a disappointed customer…..my parcel was sent yesterday 6/6/2020 at 8a.m from Kapsabet.  I was told to pick it by 5PM, up to these night 7/6/2020 my parcel is yet to be delivered I have made a thousand rounds to and fro from town but in vain…..I have several numbers that I got from your website and one from your office but each and every person has her/his own story of where the vehicle is…..my question is

  1. Why do you write receipts that have customer’s details
  2. Do you have a channel of communication when delays occur
  3. Some of your employees are so rude
  4. In case of damage to my parcel, what is your response because my luggage was perishable and by the time am getting it there will be nothing to smile about? Kindly we need your response on what happened from date 6/6/2020 to 8/6/2020 when am expecting to receive my luggage.

Here is what Sandra Mugodo says:

I sent a parcel with classic luxury shuttles yesterday at 10.am explaining the urgency of its delivery only for it never to arrive forcing the receiver to make another trip to town then they say the driver never arrived and slept elsewhere with the parcel. Calling their Nairobi office, the ladies receiving the calls are very arrogant, rude and unapologetic. No PR skills at all.

I will forever discourage anyone who tries to use your services.

From those two reviews, maybe you can decide for yourself what is good for you. Please note that I have just given you the reviews as they are without editing for you to get the tone of the writer.

Often I advise using a particular service for yourself, this way you can have the experience first-hand and know what to do next time.

Classic Luxury Shuttle Contacts

Address:Ground Floor, Rahu House, Mfangano St, Nairobi, Kenya
Coordinate:-1.287899, 36.828741
Phone:+254 700 096883
Rating:3.50

There are also offices in all other towns and cities the shuttles travels to.

Conclusion

You may need to consider Classic Luxury shuttles if you traveling to Western Kenya via Kapsabet, especially if going to Country Bus Station is a no go place to you.

If you have ever used this shuttle, then we will be glad to hear what your experience was like.

Kaduda T-Smart 4G Price In Kenya and Full Specifications

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Kaduda T-Smart 4G Price In Kenya and Full Specifications

Telkom Kenya today launched the Kaduda T-Smart phone in Kenya. Here is the Kaduda T-Smart 4G price in Kenya and full specifications.

Briefly, though, the phone runs on the KaiOS and joins a list of other simple but smart phones that are able to connect to the 4G network.

It supports Apps that you would find on Android devices such as Google Assistant, Facebook, WhatsApp and YouTube.  Devices such as the Wonder Phone from Faiba run on the KaiOS.

Kaduda T-Smart 4G Full Specifications and Price In Kenya

Price:KES. 3,100
Available countrywide
Display:2.4-inch Color Display
Operating System:KaiOS Operating System
Supporting Google Assistant, Facebook, YouTube etc.
SIM:Supports DUAL SIM Cards
SIM 1 – 4G with VoLTE support
SIM 2 – 2G only
Cameras:0.3MP front Camera
0.3MP rear Camera
Battery:1900mAh
Mi-Fi Support:Can create WiFi Hotspot
Up to 8 Users
Others:Wireless FM Radio
MicroSD Slot – Support up to 32GB cards
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Telkom Kenya Re-Launches the Kaduda Phone With New Smarter 4G

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Telkom Kenya Re-Launches the Kaduda Phone With New Smarter 4G

Telkom Kenya has today re-launched the Kaduda phone in the Kenyan Market that comes with the new smarter 4G. This is a KaiOS phone that joins a list of other KaiOS phones in Kenya among them the Wonder phone.

The Kaduda T-Smart comes first in the series. The phone will be available in the Kenyan market for Ksh. 3,100.00. Other phones in the series include the Kaduda 1, the Kaduda Selfie and the Kaduda Smart.

The Kaduda T-Smart will be available in all Telkom shops countrywide from 9th Septermber 2020.

Speaking during the launch, Steve Okeyo, Telkom’s Managing Director for Consumer said, “The Kaduda 4G is a significant upgrade in the Kaduda series that will allow more of our customers to have access to additional features and applications not seen in the previous devices.”

He added that, “Entry-level smart-feature devices constitute about 40% of phones sold in Kenya, affirming their acceptance and popularity; due to longer-lasting batteries and the ability to pick signal faster in areas that are underserved with regard to connectivity.”

Here below is Telkom’s press release ….

 Nairobi, September 8, 2020: Telkom has launched the Kaduda 4G Phone Series, the latest instalment in the Kaduda series that premiered successfully with Kaduda 1, the Kaduda Selfie and the Kaduda Smart. The Kaduda series are smart feature phones retailing at accessible price points which enable more customers to access the Internet.  

The first of three devices is the T-Smart, retailing at KSh. 3,100. It runs on KaiOS Technology (KaiOS is part-owned by Google) that supports smart-phone applications like Facebook, WhatsApp and Youtube. The T-Smart will help address the growing demand for competitively-priced Internet-enabled devices. T-Smart will enable users to access the Internet via Wi-Fi and 3G/4G/LTE.

A rise in demand for more smart devices has been occasioned by the accelerated digital transformation that is being witnessed across the globe, and which has made more peope and businesses increasingly adopt the use of automated and digitised platforms. This digital transformation is particularly important within the telecommunications sector, creating an increased demand for broadband, connectivity, and digital platforms, by individual consumers, corporates, and the public sector.

Steve Okeyo, Telkom’s Managing Director for Consumer says:

“The Kaduda 4G is a significant upgrade in the Kaduda series that will allow more of our customers to have access to additional features and applications not seen in the previous devices.”

A current Telkom subscriber who purchases the T-Smart will receive a free daily introductory bundle of 100 MB of data to browse the Internet. They will also receive another free 100 MB of Data to access WhatsApp as well as another free 100 MB of Data to access Facebook. 100 minutes to call within the Telkom network also form part of this bundled offering, which will be renewed daily for a whole one month.

First-time subscribers to Telkom who purchase the T-Smart, and top-up their line with KSh 50 or more, will receive free 50 MB of Data to browse the Internet, another free 50 MB of Data to access WhatsApp as well as free 50 minutes of call within the Telkom network, daily, for the first 30 days. This offer will be replicated in the second month should the first-time subscriber maintain a top-up of KSh 100. The same free offer will also be extended to the subscriber’s third month on the network, if they top-up another KSh 100 or more.

The T-Smart will be available in all Telkom shops, countrywide, from Wednesday, September 9, 2020. 

Mr. OKEYO adds:

 “Entry-level smart-feature devices constitute about 40% of phones sold in Kenya, affirming their acceptance and popularity; due to longer-lasting batteries and the ability to pick signal faster in areas that are underserved with regard to connectivity.”

According to the Global Mobile Economy 2019 report, mobile Internet users in Africa in 2018 stood at 239 million (a penetration rate of 23%). These numbers are projected to rise to 483 million, translating to a 39% penetration rate by 2025. Overall, unique mobile subscribers on the continent are projected to rise from 456 million (in 2018) to 625 million; about half of the continent’s population, by 2025. 

Last month, Telkom unveiled its new strategic focus areas that will address the current transformational dynamic as well as Telkom’s long-term objectives, as it work towards becoming a thriving integrated Telco provider, and the technology company of the future.

Telkom also restructured its business to reflect this new strategic direction, enabling it to sharpen its efficiencies, with respect to service provision and overall customer experience. This business restructuring will also enable Telkom to partner more strategically with like-minded entities, for example, in the telecommunications, technology and financial services sectors, with the end game being to become the technology partner of choice to its consumers, private and public sector clients.

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