DStv BUSINESS ENHANCING CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

 DStv Business has improved customer experience with the introduction of additional avenues through, which customers can get assistance whenever they need it.

The DStv Business call center operates daily 8am - midnight enabling the customer service officers respond to customer queries received through the customer service telephone numbers, via emails and also through the social media platforms day and night.

The call center can be reached on +254711066550  every day from 8am to midnight. As always prompted, the calls are recorded for quality assurance. Armed with the smartcard number, the customers can also can also reach out to the customer service team via the email address kenyadstvbusiness@ke.multichoie.com which is responded to within minutes. Customers also have an option of filling the contact form accessed at https://www.dstv.com/business/en-ke/.

DStv Business customers can also be assisted efficiently through the company’s official social media pages and handles. The company has a presence on Facebook (@DStvKenya), Twitter (@DStv_Kenya).

For those who would still like physical assistance, they can visit any of the Multichoice branches across the country located at Greenspan Mall, Sarit Centre Mall, Junction Mall and Capital Centre in Nairobi, with one branch located in Nyeri, Mombasa, Ongata Rongai, Kisumu, Eldoret and Nakuru respectively. The branches are open daily from 8am to 9pm on weekdays, 9am to 9pm on weekends and 9am to 5pm on public holidays. DStv Business customers can also visit MultiChoice Kenya service centers across the country. .

 

DStv Business packages have been tailored to suit the needs of hotels, lodges, B&Bs, pubs, clubs, restaurants and offices. DStv commercial customers’ businesses are at their best with superior world-class international and local entertainment to help them make their hotel, pub, club office, serviced apartments the preferred top destination and deliver world-class entertainment.

Last year, DStv Business revamped its packages to cater for different business entertainment needs for this important commercial segment. The refreshed packages are DStv Stay targeting lodges and hotels, DStv Play targeting pubs and restaurants and the DStv Work tailormade for offices.

Chainalysis, US Feds Show Crypto is not Anonymous

Wired had a great long read on how the US, UK and South Korean agencies took down an online child porn ring with devastating thoroughness, despite the ring operating in the dark web, and using only cryptocurrency for its transactions.

Despite the long-held notion that Crypto offers anonymity, it turns out it is not for a couple of reasons. One, because of the consensus protocol that blockchain uses, where each transaction is verified by all the other users (nodes), it means that transaction is forever embedded/recorded. Sort of like a time stamp. Number two, at some point, there has to be an exit where the bitcoin is converted into cash or enters a regulated space such as a crypto exchange where owners are required to keep records of accounts' holders.

So it was that Chainalysis, a crypto analysis firm, managed to come up with a way to track bitcoin transactions through the blockchain up to where they exit into the real world. Reactor, as its tool is called, has helped investigators across the world break up criminal chains and hacker groups who operate in the cryptoworld ostensibly because of its anonymity.

DStv, GOTV to exclusively show World Cup 2022

Pay-tv providers, DStv and GOTV, will have exclusive rights to show this year's FIFA World Cup in Kenya, and on the African continent, rights-holder Multichoice Kenya announced yesterday.

Because of the extra-ordinary high temperatures in Qatar, the World Cup will for the first time be held in November/December, when it is likely to be winter and a bit cooler in the Middle Eastern kingdom.

According to the draw released yesterday by FIFA, Group A will feature host nation Qatar, African representative Senegal, powerhouse Netherlands, and Ecuador.

England will headline group B, along with the USA, and bitter political foe Iran.

Lionel Messi will lead Argentina as it takes on Group C rivals Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and Poland.

Defending world cup champions France lead Group D with European rivals Denmark and African rep, Tunisia, their main threats.

After their 7-goal demolition by Germany in Brazil 8 years ago, Spain will once again face their rivals in Group E which will also feature a dangerous Japan.

Morocco in Group F, will take on World Cup 2018 runners-up Croatia, as well as Belgium and Canada.

Cameroon have a tall task in Group G with powerhouse Brazil to overcome as well as Switzerland and Serbia.

Finally, Group H looks unpredictable with Africa's Ghana paired with South Korea, Uruguay, and Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal.

KENYA STATE BROADCASTER SHIFT TO HD BOOSTED WITH SH37M MULTICHOICE EQUIPMENT

Multichoice Kenya yesterday handed over video switchers, a high definition audio-visual recorder, routing matrix, playout servers and a Media Asset Management (MAM) Storage System among other TV studio items to state broadcaster, KBC as part of its transition to full end-to-end HD.

KBC Acting managing director, Samuel Maina said:

“In our quest to improve our picture and sound quality, KBC has in the recent past upgraded the video and audio formats to achieve an overall HD signal from content management to transmission. As part of the improvement process, KBC has been in partnership with Multichoice Kenya which has acquired modern broadcasting facilities to aid in the achievement of more efficient content and news management processes."

The equipment is worth Sh37m (US$320,000).

According to him, the donation will greatly enhance the following areas within KBC:

• Automation of processes workflows.
• Storage of content will be made easier through complete, networked, high-performance shared storage workflow servers.
• Assist in archiving the content in digital formats
• Automate newsroom operations by offering advanced collaborative planning, social media workflows, A.I. functionalities and state-of-the-art integration with studio automation systems.
• Training and skills transfer: KBC staff will be trained so as to get most of the systems and solution applied.

 

The newsroom management system is also expected to transform KBC’s newsroom by re-engineering the editorial processes and setting the pace for convergence.

Multichoice MD, Nancy Matimu, observed that MCK and KBC had a long-held 27-year relationship since the establishment of Multichoice Kenya in the country in 1995 as a joint-venture. Multichoice Holdings Africa owns 60%, while KBC holds the remaining 40% in MCK.

“As a business, we thank you for the partnership that we have both enjoyed over the past 27 years and MultiChoice Kenya fully appreciates and supports your public broadcasting service mandate in Kenya. We appreciate that our business has grown hand-in-hand with the Kenyan economy by forging long-term partnerships with the Kenyan Government, the national broadcaster of which you are and entrepreneurs” she said.

Ferrari, RBR take their battle to ultra-fast Corniche Circuit in Jeddah this weekend

The second round of the 2022 Formula 1 season kicks off this weekend in Jedda, Saudi Arabia, despite the reported rocket attacks near the city from Yemeni fighters. 

Authorities there have reassured the teams and drivers that security will be tightened and that the race should go on as scheduled.

The Jeddah Corniche circuit is one of the fastest on the circuit and will definitely see battles between the Ferrari F75 of Charles Leclerc, which dominated the first race, and the Red Bull RBR18 of Max Verstappen, the defending world champion.

Supersport will carry the entire weekend's activities from the practice rounds, to qualifiers and the main race on Sunday.

The schedule is as below:

Saturday 26 March

18:50: Qualifying – LIVE on SuperSport Grandstand, SuperSport Motorsport and SuperSport Maximo 2

 

Sunday 27 March

18:55: Race – LIVE on SuperSport Grandstand, SuperSport Motorsport and SuperSport Maximo 1

DSTV APP USERS TO GET ALL SPORTS ACCESS ON SUPER WEEKEND

DStv is opening up its premium sports content channels to all its DSTV app users granting them access to EPL, Formula 1 Season opening Bahrain race, La Liga's El Classico, Tennis among other sports, the company said yesterday.

This means that on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 March, customers subscribed to Compact Plus, Compact, Family and Access packages will have unrestricted access to SuperSport channels on the DStv App, including WWE, SuperSport La Liga, SuperSport Football, SuperSport Premier League, SuperSport Golf and SuperSport Tennis amongst others. 

 “In an increasingly mobile environment, rewarding our DStv App customers with some of the best sports content from around the world is part of how we are ensuring that our customers enjoy memorable moments whether at home or on the move. The DStv App gives them an unparalleled viewing experience,” says Nancy Matimu, Managing Director MultiChoice Kenya
The DStv Open App weekend is quite bust:

In the English Premier League, there is Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United (Sunday at 5PM East African Time) on SuperSport Premier League)

Big ticket, ‘El Clasico’ from La Liga, (Real Madrid take on Barcelona) will take place on Sunday 11 p.m. on SuperSport La Liga).
MotoGP’s second round of the 2022 season, the Grand Prix of Indonesia action will kick of with qualifying (Saturday at 10 a.m. LIVE on SuperSport Motorsport) and the Moto3, Moto2 and MotoGP races (Sunday at 07:00 p.m, 08:30 p.m.  and 10:00 p.m. LIVE on SuperSport Motorsport).

The return of Formula 1 is another major highlight this weekend, with qualifying (Saturday at 5:50 EAT LIVE on SuperSport Motorsport) and the race (Sunday at 17:55 EAT LIVE on SuperSport Motorsport) set to kick off the 2022 season under the new regulations and cars.

Cricket fans will be treated to India v Australia from the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup (Saturday at 4 p.m. LIVE on SuperSport Cricket), as well as South Africa’s second ODI against Bangladesh (Sunday at 10:00 a.m. LIVE on SuperSport Cricket), amongst other highlights.

The IAAF Indoor World Championship: Saturday will see Day 2 Morning and Afternoon sessions (11:25 a.m. and 17:30 p.m LIVE on SuperSport Variety 3), while Sunday has Day 3 Morning and Afternoon sessions (11:55 a.m. and 18:35 p.m. LIVE on SuperSport Variety 3).

Golfing will see Days 3 and 4 of the PGA Tour’s Valspar Championship (20:00 EAT LIVE on SuperSport Golf)

Mixed Martial Arts will also feature the UFC Fight Night from London, as Alexander Volkov and Tom Aspinall go to war in the main event (Saturday, prelims at 21:00 EAT and main card at 23:00 EAT  LIVE on SuperSport Action).

The semi-finals and final of the ATP Tour’s BNP Paribas Open leads the tennis coverage (Saturday at 04:00 EAT and 06:00 EAT , as well as Sunday at 23:00 eAT  LIVE on SuperSport Tennis).

NETFLIX TO CHARGE FOR PASSWORD SHARING

Netflix will begin to crack down on users who share their passwords with people who do not live in the same household.

Kenyans with friends or relatives in the US for example also get to use US-based accounts to access content typically not available in the country.

Netflix now wants to charge for that privilege.

An extra charge of about $2.98 is to apply as the streaming site moves to curb the practice of password sharing to non-paying users.

According to Techradar, "The streaming giant is currently testing a pair of new features that, while enabling memberships outside the main account household, will also add a little surcharge.

The "Add an Extra Member" feature allows those on Standard and Premium plans to add "sub accounts" for up to two people living at a different address (think friends, distant relatives, or your student studying at Harvard). For an additional $2.99, these sub members will get their own ID and passwords, profiles, and personalized recommendations."

GOOGLE DOMAINS YET TO BE AVAILABLE IN KENYA

 

Google announced that its domain name service registry, (domains.google) has left Beta phase after being in the test mode since 2015.

It will now be available across different countries but not in Kenya unfortunately.

For about US$18 (KES 2000) you will be able to register your domain with a choice of 300 different endings.

According to ZDNet, the end of the Beta Phase took place yesterday.

Kenya is not among the countries that Domains is available at. According to their domains.google website;

You can only purchase on Google Domains if your billing address is in a supported country. Google Domains is currently available for users in the following countries:

• Australia
• Belgium
• Brazil
• Canada
• France
• Germany
• India
• Indonesia
• Italy
• Japan
• Malaysia
• Mexico
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Philippines
• Poland
• Singapore
• South Africa
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Thailand
• Turkey
• United Kingdom
• United States 
• Vietnam

KENYANS HIT IN SH1.1BN ($10m) CRYPTO PONZI SCHEME

Shocked Kenya crypto "investors" hit Twitter yesterday to complain about their inability to withdraw funds from their crypto wallets in an investment scheme called Bitstream Circle which appears to have shut down after mopping US$10m from majority Kenyans and other African victims of the scam.

The scheme promised returns of 5-10% daily and you had to register with a minimum of $20 (KES2,200) to join the bonanza.

As crypto enthusiast, Kimani Capital, who goes by the telling handle @retireby29 tweeted, he overcame his initial suspicions after following BT for a couple of weeks during which he saw a training video and also learnt that a physical meeting with "Investors" had taken place in Nairobi.

The training video showed investors how to open an account and trade on the platform.

The business model according to him, was:

1. You deposit $20 in their trading exchange

2. You get added to the Telegram Group

3. BT gives trading signals at specific time periods, 5 times a day.

4. Use the signals to trade on the "Exchange".

5. Make guaranteed 5-8% return on investment daily.

Investors were asked to follow instructions on daily trading where they would be issued with specific guidelines and amounts to trade at given times of the day. 

"You had to strictly follow the instructions to the letter," @retireby29 says. "You had to strictly trade at the respective time...so literally I had to set alarms and stop what I was doing during trading time."

He says over 300 Kenyans, and over 500 Africans from 7 different countries were signing up daily to Bitstream. 

Transactions were done using the dollar-backed stablecoin USDT. The cryptocurrency has the same exchange rate to the shilling as the US dollar.

One withdrawal per day was allowed which he says would take 30 minutes to reflect in his Binance account.

Things looked to be going well until one day, 13th March, 2022, investors encountered a hitch withdrawing their funds. They were informed that a system upgrade was underway and would be back online in 5 hours. That is when, @retireby29 says, he knew the gig was up.

But before the curtain call, the scammers could not resist one last caper and anyone who sought customer support was asked to "deposit" 10% of their investment, and they would be able to withdraw all their funds. Needless to say, those funds also disappeared, along with Bitstream Circle, or BT as the investors called it.

It turns out that the basic Ponzi scheme works the same whether in the village or on the net, new gullible people's money pays those who came before them, and so on, until the scheme is saturated.

Folks who had been warned about the suspect fundamentals of the scheme, in typical fashion, bristled and dismissed the party-poopers.

The Central Bank of Kenya in 2016, warned Kenyans against getting into crypto products adding that there is no recourse in law for those who burnt their fingers. Earlier this year, the CBK Governor, Patrick Njoroge reiterated that the regulator had not changed its position regarding crypto products. He however, promised that a broader policy outlook on the crypto space, including but not limited to cryptocurrencies, would be forthcoming in the near to mid-term. 

Kenyans however, have been very active in peer to peer crypto-trading ranking number 1 globally according to Chainalysis. Overall, the country is ranked number 5 in the Global Crypto Adoption Index, behind Vietnam, India, Pakistan, and Ukraine.

SAFARICOM SUFFERS DOUBLE SETBACK AS SPORTS RIGHT OWNERS, CREATIVES WIN IN COPYRIGHT BATTLE

It was a tough outing for Safaricom yesterday as Parliament dealt it two blows with the Copyright Amendment Bill which cleared its third reading with victory for artistes, and TV rights owners.

The Bill had drawn rival interests around two areas: illegal streaming of content, and revenue share for ring back tunes between artistes, and Safaricom.

Live sports enthusiasts have long used unofficial streaming sites to watch football matches and other sports which normally are under exclusive broadcasting rights for the region. The Copyright Act requires that networks block access to, or take down such content, when notified by the rights holders. The proposed amendment, would have struck down these provisions leaving rights holders powerless to enforce their Intellectual Property rights.

"The amendments are not progressive, they are retrogressive therefore we cannot carry them...,” Gladys Wanga, who had tabled the Bill, told the MPs during the Committee of the Whole House.

In addition, Safaricom will have to increase the amount it pays to artistes for having their music on its ring back tunes to at least52% of the revenue, and ensure the money is paid to them directly instead of middlemen.

TELCOS TO REMAIN LIABLE FOR PIRATED CONTENT THEY FAIL TO REMOVE ON DEMAND

Safaricom and Jamii Telecom will pivot back to the Court of Appeal in a case in which they are accused of failing to take down or block copyrighted content that their users access or stream on their networks.

This is after Parliament dropped planned amendments to the Copyright Act of 2019 which introduced take-down notices for ISPs and other networks for content that was illegally downloaded or accessed via their networks.

The clauses require that upon notice by the copyright or broadcast rights holder, the ISP should take down the offending content or block access to it. Failing this, the ISP is to face liability for breaching intellectual property rights.

This is where the two Kenyan telcos find themselves after they were sued by broadcast content distributor, Multichoice Kenya, for failing to prevent illegal access to sports content that the company has exclusive broadcast rights to.

If the amendments to Section 35B, C and D of the Act had gone through, then the telcos would have been freed from this liability and the said case would be moot. However Parliament dropped the amendments amidst fierce lobbying by industry bodies, creatives and sports rights holders.

“The amendments are not progressive, they are retrogressive therefore we cannot carry them in a bill that is meant to protect artists,” MP Gladys Wanga, who had proposed the amendments, told the MPs during the Committee of the Whole House.

MPs SIGNAL RETREAT ON CONTENTIOUS COPYRIGHT LAW CHANGES

 

Partners Against Piracy (PAP) has welcomed the statement by sponsor of the Copyright Amendment Bill 2021, Hon. Gladys Wanga, that proposed amendments to the Copyright Act relating to takedown notices for internet service providers (ISPs) will be scrapped.

 

On 15 February 2022, the Parliamentary Committee on Communication, Information & Innovation heard memoranda submitted by various stakeholders regarding the Bill.

 

PAP, a Pan-African, multi-sectoral coalition of stakeholders supporting the creative industry in Kenya, was in attendance, calling for the deletion of Clauses 5, 6 and 7 in the Bill, which propose repeals of Sections 35B, 35C and 35D in the Copyright Act.

 

Assented into law by President Uhuru Kenyatta in October 2019, Sections 35B, 35C and 35D are game-changing provisions for Kenya, and the first of their kind in Africa (although common internationally). The provisions protect the creative industry in Kenya by providing incentives and a legal basis for better co-operation with ISPs, to avoid them being accused of enabling piracy, and to support rightsholders in their fight against piracy.

 

Repealing sections 35B, 35C and 35D would weaken the fight against content piracy, as it would remove the first line of defense – the ISPs and other platforms that could potentially enable piracy. The Bill proposed to scrap the allowance for issuing ISPs with take-down notices, which direct them to remove content suspected of violating copyright.

 

Economically, removing 35B, 35C and 35D could mean a KES 14.3 billion per year loss to Kenyan creatives and a KES 16.3 billion per year loss in taxes to the government – funds that could be used to develop Kenya’s creative industry and local communities. Total losses could amount to KES 92 billion per year, as most digital content is priced in foreign currency, as are the costs of platforms, distributors, and retailers, among others.

 

Through the global awareness raised by PAP and its supporters since the first reading of the Bill last November, parliament has received an avalanche of local and international memoranda against the proposed repeal of sections 35B, 35C and 35D.

 

Protestations from local stakeholders in this matter include Hon. John Kiarie, (MP) who declared that “the proposal to repeal these sections represent the biggest setback in the history of copyright and is akin to disarming Kenyan authors and rights holders.”

 

In addition, the Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK), in their #SAYNOTOREMOVALOFSECTION35B-35D and #Handsoffsection35B campaigns, agree and reinforce the widely held view that “piracy is currently devastating the creative industry in Kenya,” and that repealing sections 35B-35D of the Copyright Act would “encourage online piracy and loss of revenue making it difficult for creatives to recoup their investments, thereby killing the creative industry.”

 

Speaking on the proposed repealing of Sections 35B, 35C and 35D, Hon. Wanga, said, “As soon as we go to the floor, in the third reading, all those amendments will be dropped. This is to assure our content creators that this House is not about taking away the gains that we have made in protecting our content creators from piracy.”

 

She continued, “I have received many calls. This morning I received a call from a congressman in the United States and everyone is concerned. This was never the intention of these amendments. These amendments are meant to support our artists and the broader industry to make sure our artists and content creators are protected – certainly not to take away those very rights.”

 

A recent letter from the Sports Rights Owners Coalition (SROC), signed by chairman Mark Lichtenstein, said its members were “extremely concerned” at the proposed changes to the Copyright Act if the Bill became law – particularly the plan to repeal sections 35B, 35C and 35D.

 

According to Kenya Copyright Board (KeCOBO) executive director Edward Sigei, “take-down notices are a critical tool for copyright holders and related rights holders to fight digital content piracy by controlling the distribution and economic viability of their work and how it is accessed online.”

SPORTS RIGHTS BODY RAISES ALARM OVER COPYRIGHT LAW CHANGES IN KENYA

 

A coalition of global sports bodies has written an open letter to the Kenyan government, expressing concern about the Copyright Amendment Bill currently before parliament, and its potential impact on the availability of international sports content in Kenya.

The Sports Rights Owner Coalition (SROC) is an alliance of more than 50 international and national sport bodies, representing some of the world’s leading sport codes and competitions – including the English Premier League, the FA Cup, Wimbledon, MotoGP, and the Rugby World Cup.

In the recent letter, signed by Chairman Mark Lichtenstein, the SROC says its members are “extremely concerned” at changes that will be made to Kenya’s Copyright Act if the Copyright Amendment Bill becomes law.

The SROC is particularly worried about proposals to repeal sections 35B, 35C and 35D of the Copyright Act, which allow for take-down notices issued to internet-based service provider platforms which enable content piracy to flourish.

A take-down notice is a widely used remedy employed by copyright owners worldwide, compelling online platforms to rapidly remove content from their websites if it is suspected that the content infringes copyright.

The Kenya Copyright Board (KeCOBO) champion of the Partners Against Piracy (PAP) initiative, has come out in support of the SROC letter.

“Take-down notices are a critical tool for copyright holders and related rights holders to fight digital content piracy by controlling the distribution and economic viability of their work and how it is accessed online,” says Edward Sigei, KeCOBO Executive Director.

“Across the world, they help to safeguard the intellectual property rights of sports rights owners. If rights owners cannot request that pirated sports content is taken down immediately, that will threaten the future of live sports broadcasts in Kenya. Why would international sports media allow sports broadcasts in Kenya, if they have no way of stopping them from being pirated!”

Kenya’s 2019 Copyright Amendment Bill, incorporates principles from the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Internet Treaties of 1996, aimed at preventing unauthorised access to and use of creative works. Takedown notices are among these principles and are necessary tools to enforce copyright protections for rights owners and distributors.

If the Amendment Bill is passed into law, Kenya will be out of step with global trends, the average Kenyan will lose out on great sports entertainment.  A further negative consequence of this Amendment Bill passing would be the reputational and economic investment quagmire it would create is jeopardising Kenya’s ability to renew participation in the Africa Growth and Opportunity Agreement (AGOA) program, as one of the additional provisions of renewal requires a demonstrated commitment to copyright protection as a prerequisite to signing. Repealing section 35 of the Copyright Act, would do the exact opposite and threaten investor confidence.

The SROC points out that in Europe, policy makers are strengthening not weakening the effectiveness of take-down notices, particularly regarding live content. New proposals to protect live content more effectively in Europe are expected in the first half of 2022.

“Were the Copyright Amendment Bill to be enacted, it could have devastating consequences for both the Kenyan economy and Kenyan consumers,” says the SROC letter. “Rights holders from sport and other creative industries are extremely unlikely to license their content in a jurisdiction that effectively legitimises piracy. Consumers would therefore be deprived from watching their favourite sports and television shows, and leave Kenya isolated on the global copyright stage.”

The coalition – which includes the English FA, UEFA, the IAAF, and the International Tennis Federation – goes on to ask that the proposed new law be urgently reconsidered “so as not to harm Kenyan consumers and threaten the availability of sports and entertainment content in Kenya.”

SHOWMAX UNVEILS SAFARICOM STREAMING BUNDLE DEALS

 

Showmax and Safaricom have partnered to offer customers two months of streaming for the price of one, while making it easier for Kenyans to pay for and watch their favourite shows on their mobile devices.

 

Showmax bundles the best of African and international entertainment with live sport from SuperSport. In this partnership, customers will be offered data deals bundled with a 60-day Showmax subscription, instead of the usual 30-day subscription. Customers will choose from two mobile bundles:

• Showmax Mobile (60 days) + 1GB Safaricom data for KES 389
• Showmax Pro Mobile (60 days) + 3GB Safaricom data for KES 1299

 

This deal is valid from 1 February to 31 March 2022 and is exclusive to Safaricom customers.

 

As part of its local-first strategy, Showmax tailors the content, apps, packages and partnerships to what is most important to subscribers in different countries.

 

“We’re always looking at ways to make it easier for fans to watch Showmax,” says Nathan Hanley, Chief Expansion Officer – MultiChoice Connected Video. “Our partnership with Safaricom gives our customers the convenience of a single payment for both entertainment and data to make streaming quick and easy while giving them and extra 30 days of watching,” he added.

 

This bundled deal with Safaricom makes it easier for Kenyan streaming fans to pay for Showmax and data via M-Pesa in one go.

 

“As a digital first company, we want to avail affordable devices and data bundles and leverage our extensive 4G coverage to enable Kenyans access a new world of content from the comfort of their phones. Through this partnership, our customers can now enjoy their favourite shows on Showmax using bundles that provide value and convenience,” said Peter Ndegwa, CEO – Safaricom PLC.

 

Showmax recently launched the local Original drama series, Single Kiasi, starring Gathoni Mutua, Minne Kariuki and Faith Kibathi as three friends navigating life and love in Nairobi. This comes hot on the heels of Showmax’s first Original Film in Kenya, Baba Twins, a comedy-drama about a young couple who suddenly find themselves expecting, as well as a second season of the Showmax Original and Kalasha Award-winning Crime and Justice, a co-production with Canal+.

 

Showmax includes popular Kenyan content, like the latest seasons of Kina, Njoro wa Uba and Selina, as well as Famous, the drama set in Kenya’s tumultuous music industry produced by Enos Olik and popular local reality shows This Love and Sol Family. 

 

International shows feature the best of HBO, like Succession and Insecure. Kids’ favourites include Paw Patrol, Henry Danger and DC Super Hero Girls, which is first on Showmax. Hollywood blockbusters include Wonder Woman 1984, Miss Juneteenth, and the new Guy Ritchie movie Wrath of Man.

 

Showmax Pro features the AFCON tournament, as well as the English Premier League, Serie A and La Liga matches plus a wide range of live sport from SuperSport including the Winter Olympics, pro boxing, international marathons and IAAF athletics on top of the full Showmax entertainment catalogue.

 

How a customer can access this service

1. Visit www.showmax.com/safaricom or dial *544*20# and select Showmax Deal!
2. Select either a Showmax Mobile (2 months) + 1GB data or Showmax Pro Mobile (2 months) + 3GB data
3. Create an account or sign in using your email address and password
4. Enter your Safaricom mobile phone number and click on next.
5. Enter your M-Pesa PIN on your phone to approve your payment
6. You will receive an SMS confirming payment
7. Start watching