The other two major cell service providers are Airtel and Telkom, who are in the process of merging in order to better compete with Safaricom.
It was the first company to get 4G/LTE capabilities in Kenya, and also owns M-PESA, a mobile phone-based money transfer service used by more than a third of the population. Safaricom has a bit of a monopoly with 65% of the market share, but there’s comfort in knowing you’re using the same service as most of the locals.
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