One year after its first 5G trial, Safaricom, the leading Kenyan telecom operator, is introducing ultra-high-speed broadband to the market.

This new service, they say, would target the country’s major cities, and later expand to other parts of the country over the next 12 months.

“During Covid we have seen a lot of customers wanting to work from home, whether these are individual customers, kids at home, so there are learning from home and also businesses, especially small businesses also start to establish their homes as their offices, so the work stops becoming a place but a space, so going forward we have to enable working from home or working from anywhere, in any space,” said Peter Ndegwa , CEO, Safaricom.

Of over 50 million mobile network subscriptions in Kenya, there are just over 10 million smartphone connections, according to Newzoo’s 2019 Global Mobile Market report.

Although a 5G roll-out by Safaricom is a major step towards the development of the continent’s network, its Kenya customers should also be willing to pay more for internet data and connectivity further.