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Safaricom network outage brings Nairobi CBD to a halt

Motorists on Uhuru Highway, Nairobi. Some were unable to pay for fuel using M-Pesa on Friday night. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Nairobi’s economy was jolted on Friday night after Safaricom, Kenya’s largest telecommunications provider, suffered a network outage.  

The glitch cut off buyers from sellers and erected walls between friends and relatives in a two-hour ordeal that left millions of users frustrated.

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