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Nearly 1m users tap Safaricom smartphone financing scheme

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Safaricom had 20.3 million smartphones on its network in the year. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Nearly a million Kenyans have tapped smartphones put on sale by Safaricom under its Sh20-a-day credit plan in the year to March this year.

The revelation by Safaricom underlines the preference of Kenyans struggling to make ends meet to acquire essential goods on credit.

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