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Safaricom launches braille for visually impaired M-Pesa users

Safaricom Chief Financial Services Officer Sitoyo Lopokoiyit and Dot Incorporation PR and Marketing Manager Ah Rum Cho gift Phyllis Leina with a DOT Braille Watch. PHOTO | COURTESY

By  ANNIE NJANJA

Safaricom #ticker:SCOM has launched a braille smart watch to enable blind people use M-Pesa services without having to seek assistance from third parties.

The telco has partnered with a South Korean-based technology firm, Dot Incorporation, to develop the DOT Braille Watch, an innovation that displays short message services (sms) notifications in braille hence enabling visually impaired people to read.

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