Safaricom extends 5G coverage to 21 counties

Safaricom has extended its super-fast fifth-generation (5G) network coverage to 28 towns across Kenya’s 21 counties, empowering its customers in the covered areas to enjoy accelerated connectivity for both their homes and businesses.

The move grows the number up from 11 towns in eight counties covered when Safaricom first rolled out commercial use of 5G in October last year, pointing to an aggressive push by the telco to expand its data business as part of efforts to counter slow growth in voice calls revenue.