Safaricom Home Fibre: everything we know so far

Safaricom has upgraded Home Fibre speeds across all tiers and added a discount, with Bronze now 40Mbps for KES 2,250. Safaricom Home Fibre has emerged this Friday as one of the stories drawing attention in Kenya.

Key facts

• Safaricom has upgraded Home Fibre speeds across all tiers and added a discount, with Bronze now 40Mbps for KES 2,250.
• Safaricom has, once again, quietly reworked its Home Fibre lineup.
• Safaricom has done seasonal Home Fibre discounts before, including the February 2025 promotion and the August 2025 promotion, so the structure is familiar.
• Safaricom has increased speeds across its home fibre plans without raising monthly prices.
• Safaricom, Kenya’s largest telco, has increased Internet speeds across its home fibre plans without adjusting monthly prices, raising baseline performance as lower-cost rivals target its core customers and erode its lead in Kenya’s fixed broadband market.

What we know

Going deeper, Safaricom has, once again, quietly reworked its Home Fibre lineup.

On the substance, Safaricom has done seasonal Home Fibre discounts before, including the February 2025 promotion and the August 2025 promotion, so the structure is familiar.

Beyond the headlines, Safaricom has increased speeds across its home fibre plans without raising monthly prices.

More precisely, Safaricom, Kenya’s largest telco, has increased Internet speeds across its home fibre plans without adjusting monthly prices, raising baseline performance as lower-cost rivals target its core customers and erode its lead in Kenya’s fixed broadband market.

It is worth noting that the new menu, now visible on Safaricom’s Home Fibre page, looks like this:.

By the numbers

At this stage, Even at the new Bronze price of KES 2,250 for 40Mbps, Safaricom is still being undercut on raw price-per-Mbps by Savanna in Nairobi neighbourhoods where Savanna actually has fibre on the ground.

On a related note, this time the changes are more substantial than the FUP shake-up we covered in November 2025.

Going deeper, Speeds on every tier except the top two have been pushed up sharply, and a fresh discount has shaved roughly 25 percent off four of the five monthly prices (promo only eligible for new connections).

On the substance, the strikethrough prices in Safaricom’s product page (Ksh 2,999, Ksh 4,100, Ksh 6,299, Ksh 12,499) are the long-running standard rates.

The wider context

On a related note, Between this update, the planned hourly, daily, and weekly pay-as-you-go fibre plans, and the FUP overhaul, Safaricom has effectively rewritten its Home Fibre product in twelve months.

Going deeper, On 1 May 2026, Savanna Fibre is launching residential fibre at KES 2,000 for 100Mbps, KES 4,500 for 250Mbps, and KES 10,000 for a full gigabit, as we reported in March.

On the substance, a Communications Authority report we covered in December 2025 confirmed that Safaricom still leads the fixed internet market with 2.29 million subscriptions, but a parallel ranking placed Kenyan fixed internet among the slowest in the world for the price paid.

Beyond the headlines, Safaricom leads Kenya’s fixed internet sector with 34.9% market share, according to Communications Authority data.

More precisely, Airtel Kenya prices 15 Mbps at KES 2,000 ($15.4) and 100 Mbps at KES 5,000 ($38.5), undercutting Safaricom’s entry point.

The bottom line

• The new menu, now visible on Safaricom’s Home Fibre page, looks like this:.
• This time the changes are more substantial than the FUP shake-up we covered in November 2025.
• The strikethrough prices in Safaricom’s product page (Ksh 2,999, Ksh 4,100, Ksh 6,299, Ksh 12,499) are the long-running standard rates.
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