Safaricom to launch 5G network this year

A Safaricom outlet along Kenyatta Avenue, Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Safaricom #ticker:SCOM will this year launch Kenya’s first fifth-generation (5G) mobile internet services targeting major urban centres, making it the inaugural operator to offer commercial and superfast services in the region.

Acting CEO Michael Joseph said the firm had completed testing and trials for the upgraded network as the company seeks to capitalise on burgeoning mobile Internet use in the country.

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