Kenya tops Africa by a mile in internet penetration

[bure]

@spear

Apana, I have tried those affordable alternative that are slow, unreliable and zero customer care. A minute lost in business is far much expensive than even the full monthly subscription. Kwanza since airtel sold/leaseback its base stations and fails to pay rent. They got switched off on most base stations and their network degraded worse than Telkom.

What a tonne of BS

[kryptony]

Naona kila mse hapa amechoka kukamuliwa na Safaricom however you have to hand it to them for a good network

To democratize the cyber space, l urge all of you to sign up for Elon Musk’s internet. Najua speeds will blow Safaricom outta de water. Am excited about this company a division is Space X, buy African build Africa

Starlink.Com

[Sambamba]

@Masgwembe

Online meetings has proven to me that we are leaps & bounds ahead of Europe (UK) and US is such a pale shadow.

I’ve never dropped a single call of the hundreds I held last year. Lakini watu wa UK & US audio issues galore plus video quality ni kama image was taken by a frosted pinhole & processed in mud.

I don’t want to derail the conversation but Safaricom’s superior network is down to the equipment provider.

Politics in the US and UK have gotten in the way of business telcos there have to use inferior European equipment.

[Soprano]

@Sambamba

I don’t want to derail the conversation but Safaricom’s superior network is down to the equipment provider.

Politics in the US and UK have gotten in the way of business telcos there have to use inferior European equipment.

True.

[Masgwembe]

@kryptony

Naona kila mse hapa amechoka kukamuliwa na Safaricom however you have to hand it to them for a good network

To democratize the cyber space, l urge all of you to sign up for Elon Musk’s internet. Najua speeds will blow Safaricom outta de water. Am excited about this company a division is Space X, buy African build Africa

Starlink.Com

This is not possible for most Kenyans. Sign up pekee is $500 plus a monthly subscription of $99. Then they can’t operate without operation licence from CCK.

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@Masgwembe

This is not possible for most Kenyans. Sign up pekee is $500 plus a monthly subscription of $99

When you said “not possible for Kenyans” I thought they charge millions per month :D:D. Starlink has average speeds of 100 Mbps. For comparison, JTL charges 10k for 50 Mbps (one of the cheapest). $500 initial cost I believe is for dish and stuff. Unataka kusema Kenyans can’t afford 10k per month for data? We are that broke? :D:D:D

[Bazuka]

@Masgwembe

This is not possible for most Kenyans. Sign up pekee is $500 plus a monthly subscription of $99. Then they can’t operate without operation licence from CCK.

Iyo ni entry level, with time hata itakuwa cheaper

[Cheza_juu]

@spear

I have also those lines, modems zote. Even Faiba I got to promote a sales person there. I have heavy usage ya biashara. Safaricom is the only one that gives you what it advertises. The rest is up and down constant fluctuations. Besides do you know Safaricom can’t compete on a price war with its rivals. Anti competition laws will mean they are penalized. This is because if they match competition prices or go lower all these other ISPs and mobile companies will collapse. They thing they have offered is cheaper rates for the last 10 years. No innovation, no new products, badly ran, increasing debts and slow to pay suppliers/agents. For national and peoples interests they have been given that space to survive. Telkom at least get good constant revenue from Treasury for maintenance of government networks, national fibre projects and signals. Airtel struggles with debt and poor management record is why Parliament refused the merger with Telkom. They were adding zero value to Telkom yet taking everything from it. Right now this year Safcom is evolving for financials company fully. Awaiting regulatory approvals from CMA to start a money investment fund. They are also awaiting Insurance regulator to issue personal, business and life insurance. All this revenues go to expand tech infrastructure. Hawa wengine wanaongojea nini?

Hii penetration yote must be Safaricom, certainly more than half of it. 60-70% hapo.

While we support some initiatives, Airtel is a foreign company 100%,waache kusumbua,merger so that waanze kutuambia hatujui any