Kenya’s most renowned mobile service provider Safaricom has introduced yet another product in the competitive telecommunications market.

The pioneer of mobile banking and money transfer introduced the Super M-Pesa App on Wednesday, 23 June 2021.

The new application is expected to enhance the customer experience as it offers a digital solution that is secure, simple, convenient and easy to use.

Speaking during the virtual launch of the app, Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa said that the company aims at empowering its customers to conveniently take advantages of the opportunities

The app is designed to make transactions much easier and faster because it links with other apps for seamless payments.

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Another good news that comes with the new app is that it is zero-rated therefore, customers will be able to use the app even if they do not have data.

The new app also provides its users with the ability to send money to multiple people at the same time using only one authentication.


For the next three days. Safaricom will reward their customers with 500MB of data for downloading the app and every 10th customer to download the app will also receive Sh500.

M-Pesa Africa CEO Sitoyo Lopokoiyit said that over 1 million customers have been testing the new app for the past few months. 

He encouraged customers to download the app to enjoy the features it provides. 

The launch of the new app came when Safaricom M-Pesa services were disrupted for a better part of the day, leaving masses stranded with payments