Kenya: Safaricom Gets Nod to Create Own Local TV Content

3 August 2015

Safaricom's push to venture into full time television broadcasting has gathered momentum after the Communications Authority approved its application for requisite licences.

The CA has approved Safaricom's application for four TV broadcasting licences subject to objection from the public within a month, the regulator said in a Gazette notice on Friday, effectively breathing life into its floundering Big Box Internet-enabled decoder launched on May 8.

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