Airtel Kenya Stories

Airtel gets 2027 deadline extension for rural network expansion in Kenya
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 17, 2025

CA said the infrastructure requirement was introduced to make sure telecom companies expand their networks to rural and low-income areas that had been...

Kenyans spent over 27 billion minutes on phone calls in three months - CA report
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 03, 2025

Airtel Kenya subscribers accounted for the highest call durations, speaking nearly twice as long as Safaricom users.

Mobile money transactions jump to Sh8.7 trillion after slow growth in 2023
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 04, 2025

The previous year saw mobile money growth slow to its lowest rate in four years, largely due to a 25 per cent hike in taxes on transactions.

Airtel Money's market share grows as M-Pesa sees decline
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 28, 2025

M-Pesa's share is now at its lowest since the regulator began tracking market share in September 2022, when M-Pesa had a commanding 96.8 per cent shar...

New tax amendments to raise cost of calls, internet, and betting
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 02, 2024

The proposed tax changes would likely lead to increased charges for these services, impacting millions of users.

Improved connectivity for internet users as Airtel activates 2Africa cable linking Kenya & South Africa
Terry Muriuki  |  Jun 17, 2024

2Africa is one of the world's largest subsea cable networks, stretching over 45,000 kilometres and linking Europe, Africa, and parts of South Asia. 

600,000 Kenyans abandon mobile money services - economic survey
Barack Oduor  |  May 20, 2024

The drop represents a decrease of 1.55 per cent in Kenya's mobile money subscriptions.

Airtel removes 7-day limit for accessing money from competing networks
Saleem Abdi  |  Feb 08, 2024

Airtel Kenya hopes the change expands its mobile money market.

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