The race to win over the hearts of Kenyan mobile phone users has been going on for millennia. Fortunately for Safaricom, they have managed to top the tables and steer clear of the competition. This is thanks to their strong cell service and the introduction of M-PESA. You can Sambaza Safaricom Airtime in Three Easy Steps.

Sambaza Safaricom Airtime

1. Dial *140*amount-of-airtime*number# Eg: *140*100*0712345678#
2. You can use the MySafaricomApp to Sambaza Airtime as well under the ‘Services’ menu then Sambaza Services.

We’ve also seen some crazy data bundle deals and below are the comparisons of weekly and monthly bundles across the three service providers; Safaricom, Telkom and Airtel.

Safaricom

Weekly Bundles

1. 100MB @Sh50
2.  350MB @Sh100
3. 1 GB + WhatsApp @Sh250
4. 4GB + WhatsApp @Sh 500

Monthly Bundles

1.  35OMB @Sh250
2. 3GB + WhatsApp @Sh500
3. 7.5GB + WhatsApp @Sh1,000
4. 20GB + WhatsApp @Sh2,000

Safaricom recently announced the “No expiry on bundles” campaign. This means that you can buy bundles from as low as a shilling and they have no expiry date. (No daily, weekly or monthly deadlines.)

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Safaricom also offers a “Daily Giga” which is basically 1GB @ Sh 99 for a day. A Platinum package with a variety that maxes out at Sh10,000 and you receive 40 GB 1500 + Local Mins + 100 International Mins. They also introduced a “YouTube bundle” that offers 200MB at Sh20.

Telkom

Weekly Bundles

1. 200MB @Sh49
2. 500MB @Sh99
3. 2GB @Sh249

Monthly Bundles

1.  1GB @Sh 249
2. 4GB @Sh499
3. 10GB @Sh999
4. 25GB @Sh1.999
5. 40GB @Sh2,999

Telkom has many other options to choose from other than the mainstream bundles.  They have just a new bundle campaign; whereby, for Sh 1000, you get 1GB daily for 30 days! 

They also have a “mzito bundles” campaign that offers all-net minutes and free data all night.

1. 3gb + 100 all net minutes @Sh499
2. 8gb + 300 all net minutes @Sh999
3. 17gb + 600 all net minutes @Sh1,999

Airtel

Weekly Bundles

1. 200MB + WhatsApp @Sh50
2. 500MB + WhatsApp @Sh100
3. 2GB + WhatsApp @Sh250
4.  6GB + WhatsApp @Sh500

Monthly Bundles

1.  1.5GB @Sh 300
2. 4GB @Sh500
3. 10GB + 5GB YouTube @Sh1000
4. 15GB + 5GB YouTube @Sh1500
5. 25GB + 5GB YouTube @Sh2000
6. 40GB + 5GB YouTube @Sh3000

Airtel also offers a wide range of bundle packages including, Unliminet Bundles; with weekly packages topping off at 750MB + 300 Mins + 2500 SMS @ Sh500. Monthly packages top off at 20 GB + 1200 mins + 10,000 SMS @ Sh2000.

The cards are all on the table and now, the choice is yours.

 

**Pro-tip, get yourself a dual-sim phone or a second handset. Saves you the trouble of having to choose.