Bharti Airtel and Nokia have signed an agreement to establish a closer partnership and improve its services to customers across Africa
The new contract will aim to provide Airtel customers in Africa with value added services such as Nokia Life, Nokia Xpress Browser and Nokia Store Operator Billing on their mobile phones.
“The potential for Nokia Life in Africa is enormous and, following on the success of Nigeria, Nokia and Airtel are pleased to now extend this to the East African market, starting with Kenya,” stated Airtel in a statement.
Nokia’s new mobile facility offers information that is tailored to suit customer needs in fields such as education, agriculture, healthcare, livelihood, according to the global mobile operator.
Nokia Life has been rolled out in Nigeria and is set to be introduced to the East African market, starting with Kenya.
Airtel Africa chief marketing officer Andre Beyers, said, “There are huge opportunities throughout Africa to transform how people communicate and how communities interact. Delivering on that opportunity through mobile communications for everyone is our focus. ”
Since the service went live in India, Nokia Life has reached 95mn people across the globe.
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