Safaricom on Monday announced that it is releasing new and exclusive local content on the BAZE video platform ahead of the festive Christmas season.

BAZE customers will access unlimited and affordable video entertainment for Sh10 daily and get exclusive content from top content creators including Njugush, Terrence Creative, Awinja, Crazy Kennar, King Kaka, Flaqo and Desagu.

The platform by Safaricom offers a variety of local content ranging from edutainment, agriculture, faith-based, drama, comedy, lifestyle, and culture content.

Henry Desagu. PHOTO/COURTESY

“Through BAZE, our goal is to delight Kenyans by availing a carefully curated collection of video content across their favourite genres, while providing content creators, an additional platform for sharing their stories with Kenyans while increasing their earnings by monetizing their content,” said Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa.

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Crazy Kennar as Mama Otis. PHOTO/COURTESY

The three shows that were unveiled are Cheki Ngoma by King Kaka, which captures the journey behind making music, featuring top Kaka Empire artists; Njugush’s Plug Flani, a show about a hustler who comes to the city to make money, his intentions are good, but he bites more than he can swallow; and The Half-Cooked Report, a three-part comedy sketch which has humour, satire and drama presented in a news-like format by Henry Desagu.

Njugush. PHOTO/COURTESY

During the festive season, the BAZE platform will continue adding more exclusive content from local content creators including Flaqo, Awinja, Crazy Kennar and Terrence Creative.

Safaricom customers can access the content by dialing *544*55# on their mobile device or visit Baze.co.ke.