Safaricom had 1,024,950 fixed internet subscriptions on 30 June 2026, a new national record. No internet provider in Kenya had ever reached one million fixed subscriptions before that date. The Communications Authority of Kenya published the figure in its April to June 2026 report. This total is more than Faiba and Zuku have combined across the entire country.
Faiba holds 541,003 subscriptions while Zuku holds 294,375 in the same fixed market. Safaricom now controls 36.1 percent of Kenya's 2,838,656 total active nationwide fixed internet lines. Fixed internet reaches a building, home or office through cable, wireless or satellite broadband connection.
Safaricom first started selling fibre to homes in July 2014 in Nyayo Embakasi, Nairobi. The service was called Vuma@Home and gave 5 Mbps for Ksh 2,999 each month. Safaricom was then only fifth with 7,222 subscriptions, about 7 percent of the entire market.
Safaricom kept steadily building its fixed network and customer base over the long subsequent years. By September 2017 it was already second nationwide with 40,015 total fixed subscriptions. By December 2018 it had passed 100,000 total fixed subscriptions, and in September 2019 it went to number one.
It had 154,603 subscriptions against Wananchi's 151,548 in that competitive market quarter. In June 2020 Safaricom passed it again with 207,398 total fixed subscriptions against 201,605. Safaricom has stayed firmly first nationwide ever since that quarter in the Kenyan fixed market.
Safaricom's fixed internet growth is speeding up very rapidly in recent years across the Kenyan market. Safaricom went from 100,000 subscriptions in December 2018 to 522,217 in March 2024. It then doubled that number to 1,024,950 in only the next 27 months.
In the year to June 2026 Safaricom added 289,201 total new nationwide fixed subscriptions. That is a clear and very strong full annual increase of 39.3 percent over the year. More than half of those, 166,556, came in just the final six months alone.
Safaricom's long and steady network investment drove much of this rapid fixed expansion across Kenya. Safaricom's annual report for the year to March 2026 puts its fibre footprint at 21,000 km. That is up from 18,300 km a year earlier, a steady and strong clear increase. The fibre now passes 807,016 total Kenyan homes nationwide and connects 739,380 of them.
Safaricom launched 5G WiFi for homes in October 2022 at Ksh 3,499 monthly. Today 5G for Home starts at Ksh 4,000 for 50 Mbps with a 1.5 TB allowance. Safaricom's total 5G fixed wireless customers grew a clear and very strong 53.0 percent in the year to March.
Safaricom's clear and very strong pricing strategy also broadened the entire Kenyan market beyond premium fibre plans. Fibre Lite now starts at Ksh 1,500 monthly and gives all its new customers 15 Mbps.
Wi Fi Bamba for high density estates starts at Ksh 1,600 monthly for 15 Mbps. Safaricom's total fixed business earned a clear and strong Ksh 20.2 billion in the year to March. Consumer fixed revenue grew faster at a clear and strong 19.5 percent to Ksh 9.03 billion total.
