[SIZE=7]Spotify in Kenya; Prices when you Sign up, and How to Pay[/SIZE]
By Dickson Otieno
February 23, 2021
Spotify is already available in Kenya now, and anyone can download the app from the Stores, sign up, and pay. This comes only a day after the company promised expansion to 80+ new markets. You can read the full discourse I did earlier here.
[SIZE=6]But, before that, here are the official Spotify prices in Kenya:[/SIZE]
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[li]Free – If you don’t want to pay anything, sign up for free and use the free version of Spotify. However, with free version you won’t be able to download content for offline listening, you will be limited to how many number of times you can skip, you will be interrupted by adverts, and you won’t always get to choose the song you want to listen to.[/li][li]KES. 149 a month – 1 Student account: Here, you must have a student email from a verified institution of higher learning. You won’t get any ad interruptions, and you can save content offline. You enjoy 1 month free trial before being charged.[/li][li]One-time payment options with M-PESA: This is for an individual account and is broken down as follows: KES. 89 for 7 days, or KES. 956 for 3 months, or KES. 1794 for 6-months. You pay for this tiers of access based on your preference and with this you get the option for M-Pesa. There’s no direct benefit in doing this because it is the same cost broken down. But you can do it if you don’t want interruptions in future when you don’t have money. The 12-months option costs KES. KES. 2990 which saves you KES. 598 and is what I’ll be going for. There’s no mention of a free month of trial.[/li][li]KES. 299 a month – 1 Individual account: This is definitely the account most of us will be going for. It is good pricing, compared to the $2.99 charged by Apple Music, because in Kenyan Shillings, it remains standard while in USD it shifts based on the value of the dollar compared to the shilling. You enjoy 1 month free trial before being charged.[/li][li]KES. 349 a month – DUO account for 2 Users: Most suitable if you have a partner. This lets you access DUO Mix while sharing all the Premium benefits. You enjoy 1 month free trial before being charged.[/li][li]KES. 479 a month – Family account for up to 6 users: Best deal for people who want to share the cost and still get the same experience. You also get a family mix, plus the option to block explicit songs – which comes in handy if you have kids who love listening to music. You enjoy 1 month free trial before being charged.[/li][/ul] https://i0.wp.com/tech-ish.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Spotify-Premium-Kenya.png?resize=696%2C399&ssl=1[SIZE=6][B][B]How to Pay for Spotify in Kenya:[/B][/B][/SIZE]
The currently available options are paying via your CARD or via PayPal. M-Pesa payment is only available for the one-time subscription options mentioned above. If you’re not confident sharing card details, use Paypal which also already chargers in Kenyan Shillings, and also allows you to top-up using M-Pesa.
[SIZE=6]Paying for Spotify in Kenya with M-Pesa:[/SIZE]
This is very important for many people, and it is a good thing Spotify made sure to integrate it for this market. Currently however, you only get the option if you choose the one time payments that don’t auto renew. Hopefully, in future, they add the option to auto-renewing subscriptions.
To pay with M-Pesa:
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[li]Go to Spotify.com and Click on Premium[/li][li]Click on Get Started, and choose Prepay option between the ones for 1 week to the one for 12 months.[/li][li]Choose M-Pesa payment[/li][li]Enter phone number and pay from STK push on your phone.[/li][li]There! Done.[/li][/ul]
[SIZE=6]What should I do if I opened an account using a VPN before Spotify was available?[/SIZE]
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[li]Go to Spotify.com on a browser and sign in (you don’t need a VPN anymore)[/li][li]Click on Premium[/li][li]Choose whichever tier you want to pay for, it will most probably show this in USD and in US prices, don’t worry.[/li][li]Scroll down to the bottom of the page, and click CHANGE COUNTRY.[/li][li]Change it to Kenya and you’ll get Kenyan pricing.[/li][li]Pay via card or Via Paypal, whichever you prefer.[/li][/ol]
Personally, I wouldn’t be changing to the Kenyan version any time soon. Content is likely to vary, classics may be available in first world countries and not in Kenya any time soon. I also noticed that as soon as I went Premium I no longer required VPN so am good.
true i have been using spotify for a few years now with vpn, of course we wont get the same content as first world countries, kumbe ukilipa premium you dont need a vpn? i never knew that, what about offline downloading?
Tumekua tukiitumia nothing changes… Quick observation though i logged in kwa web minus vpn changed loc from bidenstan to vumbistan so far sijaona add na nimeskiza like two hours! On the official app latest version kama wewe ni free user uko limited to i think 5 skips per hour so i had to find a modded version. Sasa wacha tungoje netflix usa catalog
Same been playing the whole day and no ads…yall already buying premiums… just see how desperate for relevance some of yall are
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With Android, so many mods that remove limitations so mimi sioni haja ya kulipia
I primarily use spotify but I also have deezer (cracked ) na with deezer you can save playlists for offline
Alafu kuna hii web app inaitwa soundiz you can transfer a playlist from one platform to another so I can transfer a playlist from spotify to deezer or youtube, etc
Fools like @screwplus will not know the importance of going premium. He instead choses to mask his ignorance under the tag of relevance. No. 1, there are several sellers on the web who can get you a premium account for life for only $20. No. 2, for a person who stays in rural areas, internet is an expensive commodity. I have to have my music downloaded all times. No. 3, if you download your app from playstore, your location will change to Kenya and with that comes lesser content. So I don’t get what the fuss is about
You guys sometimes are funny :D:D, kutolipa Netflix is nothing to proud of, and not that people can’t do that. Paying for Ultimate Game Pass means there are things that matter to you, which don’t matter to someone else. Also, if we all don’t pay, you won’t have anything to brag about not paying. FYI, Spotify free is capped at around 160Kbps max, meaning that you don’t have capable equipment to even tell the difference in quality. 320 Kbps on premium is decent enough.
The only person who should brag is the one who has created a personal software for his/her music and movies. Otherwise STFU and pirate in silence. Ata sisi tumejaza 70GB+ (Individual file size) movies kwa Plex na hatuongei :D:D
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You are fucking stupid so… U feel entitled cuz u pay netflix to make gay films and series. To have a female lead. I have clearly mentioned am on private trackers and been on that hill since even Netflix came to kenya and have posted my stats…
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with such stats there I nothing I cant download and funny thing is most stuff is freeleech on private trackers am on… and lastly
Hii upuz ya 160Kbps na 320kbps… is fucking neglible… Dont even try… If u started using apps and music juzi sema to… But if this is a factor for u to pay a bob extra to stream music not even own it…
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I ain paying for shit I wont own… and ngoja so you will pay a platform to be able to save onffline yet online one can download same album and keep it forever
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… Mnatry kuplay up uzuri wa ujinga wenu but haiwesmake…
and last but not least … even the store thing ain 100% cuz mine din but my account is in francs since like forever…
There is no point to pay for this shit… just bump the music and stop tryna say the quality matters yet mnasikiza beat za gengetone kutoka tweeter za super metro na inawanice
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I thought you said you pay UGP, didn’t you? So you feel that paying for UGP is justified while those paying for Netflix don’t know what they are doing? :D:D. You also said you have netflix but “not paying,” well, that’s dumb for someone with private trackers.
The fact that you think there is no audible difference between 160Kbps and 320 tells a lot about your media consumption :D:D:D. It’s night and day for me. But I’m slowly buidling my FLAC collection since I can’t afford to pay $20 for Tidal or Qobuz (FYI, I wouldn’t mind paying if I had the capacity).
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