Safaricom Merges Apps, Airtel Cuts 5G Prices, and bolttech Enters Kenyan Market - September 2025

Safaricom is merging its two main mobile applications, MySafaricom and M-PESA, into a single, unified app to streamline the user experience. This move aims to consolidate mobile money services with other Safaricom offerings. In a separate move, Airtel Kenya has significantly dropped its prices for 5G Home Internet plans in what appears to be a direct response to increasing competition in the Kenyan 5G market. Additionally, global insurtech bolttech has entered the Kenyan market through a partnership with LOOP, the fintech subsidiary of NCBA Group. Through this partnership, they will launch LOOP FLEX in October. This is a Buy Now Pay Later program that bundles device financing with comprehensive protection.