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All Things Tech And Health
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If you are in Kenya, then you know what Airtel Kenya is. For those who don’t, it is one of the most popular telecommunication companies in Kenya. I can say that it is number two, following Safaricom Limited. Safaricom as you know has really dominated the Kenyan Telecommunication market.
Airtel is owned by Bharti Airtel, which also owns Airtel Africa. For those of you who are old school, you might recall that it used to be called Celtel Kenya, then Zain Kenya. When Bharti Airtel managed to buy it in November 2010, it changed its name to the now-known Airtel Kenya.
Airtel boasts of having about 27% of the market share of the Telecommunication population. This accounts for about 16.2 million subscribers. Next, I will tell you about the products and services they provide.
Airtel Kenya mainly provides the following telecommunication services;
I have to say, a lot of people have an Airtel line because of their data and voice tariffs, which are cheap compared to Safaricom. They charge for data bundles for as low as 1 Ksh per 5 Mb used. This is cheap compared to Safaricom’s data bundles.
They have daily bundles, weekly bundles and even monthly bundles to suit your needs and ensure that you have a good experience surfing the internet.
Also, as of this time, they have the hourly monthly bundle which is 15 shillings, this is cheaper compared to Safaricom’s hourly bundles, which cost 20 shillings. With this bundle, the user purchases 1 GB of internet bundles which last for an hour. For example, if you buy your hourly bundle at 8 A.M, it will expire at 9:00:59 A.M
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Below is a table I made for you, that includes daily, weekly and monthly data bundles Airtel Kenya has and their prices. Please note that these prices change, but I will always update them as time goes on.
Type Of Bundle    | Price | Amount You Get |
Daily | Ksh. 10 | 70 MB |
 | Ksh. 20 | 200MB + Free WhatsApp |
 | Ksh. 50 | 600MB + Free WhatsApp |
 | Ksh 20 | 150MB + 150MB Night + Free Whatsapp |
 | Ksh 10 | 50MB + 50MB Night |
 | Ksh. 99 | 2GB |
 | Ksh. 99 | 1.5GB + 1.5GB Night + Free WhatsApp |
Weekly | Ksh. 350 | 350MB + Free WhatsApp |
 | Ksh. 100 | 750MB + Free WhatsApp |
 | Ksh. 250 | 3GB + Free WhatsApp |
 | Ksh. 500 | 6.5GB + WhatsApp |
Monthly | Ksh. 300 | 3GB + Free WhatsApp |
 | Ksh. 500 | 5GB + Free WhatsApp |
 | Ksh. 1000 | 12GB + Free WhatsApp |
 | Ksh. 1500 | 20GB + Free WhatsApp |
 | Ksh. 2000 | 30GB + Free WhatsApp |
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You can call Airtel on the Airtel line for as low as 1 bob per minute. If you call from an Airtel line to a Safaricom line, the rate will be 2 bob per minute. You could also subscribe to Tubonge Voice Bundle, which could get you more minutes to talk to your loved ones. I will talk about tubonge later on in this article. If you want to skip to that part, click on it on the table of contents, to jump straight to it.
Airtel users can also send money to one another through Airtel Money services. It is not only limited to Airtel to Airtel users, because they can also send money to other networks, for example, Safaricom’s Mpesa. It is free to send money from one user to another, and Airtel money agents are located countrywide. Sending and receiving money through Airtel money is very simple. To do so, you can use the procedure below;
You can also send money through your Airtel line using the Airtel USSD code. The USSD code we will be using for this method is *334#. You can access this through your phone dialer application. Just dial the code and follow the instructions.
Remember that if you want to withdraw your cash from Airtel Money, you will have to carry your original National identity card, driver’s license or passport.
AMOUNT TO BE SENT | CHARGES FOR OTHER NETWORKS | AIRTEL TO AIRTEL | WITHDRAWAL FROM AGENT |
Ksh. 10 – 49 | Ksh. 0 | Free of charge | Airtel money Minimum withdrawal is Ksh 50 |
Ksh. 50 – 100 | Ksh. 0 | Free of charge | Ks. 9 |
Ksh. 101 – 500 | Ksh. 6 | Free of charge | Ksh. 22 |
Ksh. 501 – 1000 | Ksh. 10 | Free of charge | Ksh. 23 |
Ksh. 1001 – 2500 | Ksh. 20 | Free of charge | Ksh. 25 |
Ksh. 2501 – 5000 | Ksh. 50 | Free of charge | Ksh. 40 |
Ksh. 5001 – 10000 | Ksh. 75 | Free of charge | Ksh. 75 |
Ksh. 10001 – 25000 | Ksh. 90 | Free of charge | Ksh. 125 |
Ksh. 25001 – 35000 | Ksh. 100 | Free of charge | Ksh. 160 |
Ksh. 35001 – 45000 | Ksh. 105 | Free of charge | Ksh. 225 |
Ksh. 45001 – 70000 | Ksh. 105 | Free of charge | Ksh. 270 |
Ksh 70001 – 150000 | Ksh. 105 | Free of charge | Ksh. 270 |
Airtel is owned by Bharti Airtel, which also owns Airtel Africa. For those of you who are old school, you might recall that it used to be called Celtel Kenya, then Zain Kenya. When Bharti Airtel managed to buy it in November 2010, it changed its name to the now-known Airtel Kenya.
I can say that it is number two, following Safaricom Limited. Safaricom as you know has really dominated the Kenyan Telecommunication market.