Safaricom customers can now buy airtime worth just Sh1 from the Mpesa.
Yesterday the company lowered minimum amount of airtime one can buy from Sh5 to Sh1.
“Hata shilingi ni pesa! Sasa unaweza kununua Safaricom airtime ya kuanzia shilingi moja ukitumia M-Pesa. Angalia M-pesa balance yako na ujaribukununualeo” the company announced.
A check by Bigstar News confirmed the services is indeed live.
This comes after Safaricom introduced a Sh0.50 fee for reverse calls which was previously free.
The company however announced that the first two reverse call requests every day will remain free.
The charge is intended to reduce misuse of the reverse call service.