How M-Konect Works

Registration

  1. From your mobile phone device, dial the M-KONECT USSD access code *258#;
  2. You will be prompted to input your preferred name or nickname, which will be used as your user-id to identify you in the M-KONECT Platform. The selected name should be between 2 and 10 characters in length
  3. Upon entering your name, the system will prompt you to confirm your registration by sending the word CONNECT to SMS short code 22284
  4. Upon receipt of the code, the system will verify the registration details and if confirmed, you will be notified of successful registration and subscription to our Business Networking Platform. Further, you will receive a free SMS to notify you of Terms and Conditions of use of M-KONECT service.
  5. On returning back to the USSD access code *258#, your profile will now be active and you will be required to accept our terms and conditions of service upon which you will be allowed to access the full M-KONECT Service MENU.

Menu Structure

Once on the Platform, you will access a wide range of these services conveniently grouped into 8 MENUs. Here, choose the appropriate menu and proceed to select the desired service either to Subscribe (Vendor) or Search directly for a service from our database.

Please click here for a detailed definition of the Menu Structure of the application

Listing, Searching & Notifications

To get listed, depending on the category, you will be given some days of free subscription after which you will be required to extend by 1 month, 3 months, 6months or 1 year at your convenience. Some subscription extensions will attract a fee while some categories will be extensible free of charge. In addition, fee charges varies from one service category to another and for your convenience, the service has been designed to allow you the flexibility of paying the applicable fee either monthly, quarterly, bi-annually or annually.

To search for a service, the user will send a request through USSD code *258# via one of the selected 8 MENUs. The system will then automatically match the search request and the telephone contact for the service provider is sent immediately via an SMS code 22284. The Cost is Ksh. 10/= only per SMS. A maximum of 3 different contacts for the requested service is provided for each search provided these can fit in one SMS. When no match is found however, notification will be sent via bulk short code M-KONECT. This notification will be free of charge to the user.

To make the most out of M-KONECT Business Networking Platform, vendors may choose to optionally activate Notification Service in which the subscriber is notified whenever a user is looking for a service that matches their listed category. This notification service (MENU-8: My Listings) will attract a separate charge of Ksh. 10/= per SMS notification. Notification service, if no-longer desired, may be disabled at your convenience.

Un-Subscription

All vendors and Buyers have the option of un-subscribing from the service by dialing *100*7# / *200*6# and selecting the appropriate option command. b) For further terms and conditions of use, please click here