Safaricom recently launched a free internet services in select public service vehicles within Nairobi, dubbed ‘Vuma Online’.
Passengers with smartphones will be able to access the internet as long as they’re inside any of the pilot vehicles.
For a start, the giant service provider has installed equipment in just a few vehicles in certain routes (About 200 PSVs should have free Wi-Fi by September) and is charging them Sh 1500 per month. However, the company will use data from the test vehicles to fix a price later.
So where exactly can you find these matatus?
The following are the routes covered:
– Buruburu
– Langata
– Rongai
– Umoja
– Githurai
– Dandora
– Kiambu
– Kenyatta University
Passengers with smartphones will be able to access the internet as long as they’re inside any of the pilot vehicles.
For a start, the giant service provider has installed equipment in just a few vehicles in certain routes (About 200 PSVs should have free Wi-Fi by September) and is charging them Sh 1500 per month. However, the company will use data from the test vehicles to fix a price later.
So where exactly can you find these matatus?
The following are the routes covered:
– Buruburu
– Langata
– Rongai
– Umoja
– Githurai
– Dandora
– Kiambu
– Kenyatta University
If you’re among the lucky few covered, you should be on look out for matatus with messages such as above.
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