Rashid Salim

Wananchi Group

Wananchi is East Africa's leading home entertainment operator. It is a fully vertically integrated media and telecoms group comprising: ZUKU TRIPLE PLAY Network is currently deployed in Nairobi and Mombasa with construction to be extended to the other major cities in East Africa in the next few years. Using a combination of HFC and GPON technologies the company has launched the first real triple play offering in sub Saharan Africa with residential speeds currently up to 20 Mb. The inclusion of high quality voice services with free unlimited local on-net phone calls is another first on the continent. ZUKU DTH Wananchi's DTH satellite PayTV offering, Zuku, offers quality TV service of over 80 channels (both HD and SD) at an affordable price. Zuku TV has successfully launched in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and will be rolling out aggressively to other countries in East Africa in the coming year. WANANCHI PROGRAMMING GROUP The programming group was established to create compelling content for the group's Pay TV operations under the Zuku brand. SImbaNet SimbaNet provides corporate voice and data services across Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Wananchi Telekom Wananchi Telekom is a "carrier of carriers" infrastructure operator with carrier grade points of presence in London, Nairobi, Dar Es Salaam, Kampala, and Kigali. iSat iSat is a specialized VSAT operator with a pan African footprint.