Safaricom, KCB, and Oracle Launch Initiatives for Kenyan Businesses and Universities - August 2025

Safaricom has announced a 25% discount on new business fibre connections for MSMEs in fibre-ready buildings, effective for the next two months. This initiative, unveiled at the Grow with Safaricom Business forum, aims to lower the cost of getting businesses online. In a separate move, KCB Bank has launched a higher education financing initiative covering 29 public and private universities in Kenya. The bank's program is set to provide comprehensive financial and non-financial support for operations, staff, and students. Concurrently, as Kenya's businesses increasingly adopt cloud technology, Oracle is expanding with a new public cloud region in Nairobi, which highlights a growing trend towards cloud-first strategies in the region.