Nairobi, July 18 -- Safaricom has secured a deal to supply fibre internet to the government's Affordable Housing Programme, extending broadband connectivity to thousands of low-cost homes nationwide.

The telco has already connected the first phase of the Mukuru Affordable Housing project in Nairobi, which was launched in May. Safaricom will provide pre-connected internet to all 14,000 housing units in the Mukuru project and others spread across the country.

The contract was disclosed by Safaricom's South African parent company Vodacom Group.

"In Kenya, we are extending fibre to low-cost government housing developments," Vodacom said in its latest disclosures.

Safaricom confirmed that the rollout will be replicated across other afforda...