7.9m youths sign up for Safaricom’s Blaze platform

Blaze targets the fast-growing age group of 18 to 26 years. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Safaricom’s #ticker:SCOM Blaze programme that encourages entrepreneurship has so far registered 7.9 million youths on its platform, an in-house survey shows.

Safaricom head of research and Insights Victor Ikawa said last Thursday during a forum organised by Marketing and Social Research Association (MSRA) that the firm’s services are tailored for young people who are mostly unemployed.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.