In the news today, Zain, Kenya’s second largest mobile network has lowered its internet charges by approximately 25%. The move is expected to increase the number of subscribers that Zain has to-date by making internet access significantly more affordable, country-wide. It also means that Zain is responding to the recent

In today’s major newspapers are full page ads that indicate Orange Kenya has lowered its Internet Everywhere modem pricing significantly. More specifically, the Internet Everywhere modem price has been reduced from Kes. 4,400.00 to Kes. 2,999.00, which is slightly cheaper than Safaricom’s 3G modem. At the same time, the prepaid

In an obvious move to stay relevant (and competitive) against the growing dominance of mobile payment services in the form of Safaricom’s M-Pesa and Zain’s Zap, Western Union has massively lowered its money transfer rates within Kenya to just 2% of the value being transferred. The new rate applies to