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crazyaboutafrica Nov 19th, 2011 04:51 PM

micro sim card kenya safaricom
 
Hi, Am used to using the iphone 4, are safaricom pre paid micro sim cards availiable at the jomokenyatta ? alternatively if safaricom does not provide mico sims, which company's micro sim would u recommend in the mara ? would it be availiable at the international jomokenyatta airport, thanks, Moni

sundowner Nov 22nd, 2011 07:03 AM

I don't know where to buy the sim cards but a lady on my trip to Africa in Sept carried a card cutter that she bought from someone on ebay for $7 or $8. In Kenya they didn't have a micro sim card that was needed for the iphone 4 and she used this cutter to cut the larger one to fit and it worked in her phone.

sundowner Nov 22nd, 2011 07:05 AM

I meant to add that they may have the micro sims now and the tool wouldn't be necessary. But if you are counting on using your phone and can't verify that they have the micro sims you may want to take a card cutter with you.

sperraglia Nov 22nd, 2011 02:26 PM

Last August the Safaricom store at the airport did not have micro sims and would have had to cut them. Since we were touring Nairobi the next day we stopped by a safaricom store near Sheldrick/Blixen Museum and got the micro sim there and they filled the sim there. We used the micro sims in our 3g iPads. We had good email access in most every place except it was spotty at Lake Nakuru.

Safaricom Nov 25th, 2011 06:43 AM

Moni, MicroSims are available at Safaricom Shop at JKIA at Gate 11


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