In this post I am going to show you how to buy Safaricom data bundles for your line. I am going to show you examples – step by step instructions you can follow – to buy daily data bundles, 7 day data bundles, 30 day data bundles and 90 day data bundles. I am also
I published an article about Safaricom M-PESA awhile ago. In the article, I wrote about the various options you’d see when you access M-PESA via the Safaricom SIM Toolkit menu. What you may not know is that there are even more M-PESA options / services not included in the normal M-PESA menu you usually see
What is Safaricom Bonga Points? This is the reward scheme Safaricom has set up for its customers. Through this scheme, users get rewarded every time they use various Safaricom products and services. Every time you top up and spend (buy minutes, SMS or data bundles on your Safaricom line) you earn points – points you
If you buy Safaricom data bundles you have probably come across the Giga Bundle option nestled somewhere in the *544# menu. These bundles don’t get talked about a lot like the daily, 7 day, 30 day, 90 day and All in One Bundles. Having purchased Giga many times, I thought I had to create a
In this post I am going to show you how to buy Safaricom Platinum bundles on your line. Platinum bundles combine SMS, data and minutes. They are almost similar to the bundles Safaricom sells under the *544# > All in One Bundles menu. So, what do you get exactly with Platinum plans / bundles? each
What do you immediately see when you access Safaricom online portal? Here’s what I see when I try to check my data bundle balance online on Safaricom.com/bundles. At a glance I see my Account Type (Prepaid), airtime balances and expiry date, Okoa Jahazi balance and expiry date, Bonga SMS and expiry date, Bonga Points Balance,
If you live in Kenya by now you have heard of many people talking about M-PESA. If you are new to the country, you have probably seen signs all over with the words M-PESA – mostly on green backgrounds – one of the colours used a lot by the mobile phone service provider Safaricom. Today
What is a Safaricom international calling bundle? It is a bundle that gets you minutes you can use to call the following countries: USA Canada China and India These bundles are effective for calls to USA, Canada, China and India only. Note that Airtel Kenya & Telkom Kenya international bundles can be used to call
In a previous article I showed you how to top up your own Safaricom line using various methods listed here. In today’s post I am going to show you how to use some of those methods to top up another Safaricom phone number. The methods I am going to cover in this article include: Loading airtime
Want to learn how to top up your Safaricom line or another line? I am going to show you how to load airtime using scratch cards, Safaricom M-PESA, Safaricom online portal, Equitel or online (using a debit card or credit card). I am also going to show you a list of websites you can use
If you are tired of Safaricom eating into your airtime every time your data bundle is finished you can now have some peace. To get that peace, all you have to do is use the Data Manager feature on your line. In this post, I’ll show you how to activate it / deactivate it for
First, Safaricom came with Okoa Jahazi – a service subscribers on the network would use to borrow airtime and repay later. The airtime would be used to make calls, send text messages and actually buy data bundles. Then they came up with Okoa Data – a service subscribers could use to borrow data bundles directly.
What is Safaricom Okoa Jahazi? This is a service Safaricom subscribers can use to borrow airtime – and pay later when they top up their prepaid lines. It is an airtime advance service similar to Telkom Kenya PEWA, Airtel Kenya Kopa and Equitel Jiokolee Credo. The airtime borrowed from the service can be used to:
Want to learn how to send Safaricom please call me text messages when your airtime balance is low? In this article, I am going to show you how to use the Safaricom Please Call Me feature to request another Safaricom user to call you back. Every day, Safaricom gives each of their users 5 Please
Want to learn how to check if a Safaricom SIM card is 4G enabled? In this post I am going to show how to do that. I am going to share various methods / Safaricom USSD short codes you can use to quickly check if your SIM supports 4G or not. To check if your
In this post, I am going to show you how to get the PUK code for your Safaricom line. The methods I am going to show you can also be used to get the PUK code for another Safaricom phone number / line. The actions outlined in this post can be used on any Safaricom
Want to learn how to check expired bundle balance on Safaricom? I am going to show you the step-by-step instructions you can follow to get your balance. I am also going to show you how to use various Safaricom USSD shortcodes (*544#, *100# and *456#) to get your expired bundle balance. What is an expired
What is STORO BONUS? This is free airtime Safaricom awards their customers for using their line. Every time you make a call, send a text message or purchase data bundles you get closer to your daily target. If your daily target is Kenya Shillings 15, you can buy a KSh 10 daily bundle (15 MB
In this post I am going to show you how to buy Safaricom Tunukiwa offers. When you use the *444# USSD short code, you’ll find bundles you can use to make calls, send text messages (SMS)and browse the internet at really cheap rates. I am going to show you how to purchase Tunukiwa minutes, SMS
In this post I am going to show you how to sambaza Safaricom airtime from your line to another phone number – using various methods. First, how does the service work? You must have money in your prepaid account. Without having airtime on your line, you’ll not be able to share your airtime with another
Want to learn how to buy Safaricom Flex bundles / units? I am going to show you how to use the *456# and *100# USSD shortcodes to make a purchase for your own line or another Safaricom line. But first, what is Flex? These are 30 day, 7 day or daily bundles you can buy
Want to learn how to buy Flex bundles for other numbers from your Safaricom line? I am going to show you various methods you can use to do that below. If you have read my posts about how to Buy Data Bundles / Buy SMS Bundles for other Safaricom numbers you know how the mobile
There are 2 Safaricom USSD shortcodes you can use to sambaza internet to another Safaricom phone number. And then there is more than one method to go about accessing the Safaricom Sambaza Internet menu. In this post, I am going to show you how to share your data via the menus available via *456# or
Awhile ago I wrote a post on how to buy SMS bundles for another Safaricom number. Today, I am going to show you how to buy Safaricom SMS bundles for your line via the *188# USSD shortcode (and other methods I’ll outline below). So, what’s on the *188# SMS Bundles menu? The current items listed in
You know you can go crazy sending SMS at really cheap rates on the Safaricom network? Like really go crazy chatting with your friends all day long? You do. Now your friends and family can join in on the fun too – and send text messages at really cheap rates. Not the typical rate of