[kictanet] Yawe for Post Master General

[robert yawe]

Hi,

Will know what needs to be done to get PCK back on track, what we need is to get 
on the inside and implement this issues.

The sooner I can get myself appointed as PMG of PCK then sooner we can truly 
implement e-commerce.

Regards
 Robert Yawe
KAY System Technologies Ltd
Phoenix House, 6th Floor
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
Kenya


Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696




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From: Rad! <conradakunga at gmail.com>
To: robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Mon, 8 November, 2010 11:20:56
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Yawe for Post Master General

This is where Posta needs to think outside the box.

Trying to compete with email (official correspondence e.g. bills, statements), 
facebook (personal correspondence e.g. letters, penpals etc) and MPesa (no more 
mailing of cheques) is folly.

To re-invent itself Posta needs to realize that the one thing you cannot send 
via email is physical goods.

How many businesses are based on a model of physical goods?

Enter Posta. There is a significant opportunity in delivering goods from A to B. 
This is very difficult because finding A and B is problematic. We cannot depend 
on a system of landmarks to describe locations of businesses and houses. The 
problem is thanks to lethargic officials in charge of planning urbanization 
across Kenya is by and large unplanned. This bell cannot be un-rung. Some of 
these landmarks have deeply historical knowledge. For example the NOCK stage on 
Haile Selassie is still called Agip. Others depend on other locations.

Given that Posta has a good physical presence across Nairobi why shouldn't they 
undertake their own initiative to map the physical location of their customers? 
It would be folly to depend on City Councils more preoccupied in throwing 
chairs. In any case, Posta should be doing KYC anyway.

This would yield valuable information that would not only aid in their 
operations but can also be exposed to end users and consumers either directly or 
via some sort of API for courier companies to build solutions around receipt and 
dispatch.

Given also that Posta has a large fleet of vehicles and physical presence across 
Kenya a model of physical delivery of goods is one they should be able to easily 
step into and compete favourably with the likes of DHL.

In a nutshell this will yield the following opportunities
- Fostering of an e-commerce industry in kenya with a closed buyer-seller loop 
(that is currently very open,hindering the same)
- Partnering with e-comerce businesses, a new revenue stream
- Increased business in the parcel delivery & courier sector, increased revenue 
stream
- Enhanced productivity, since with mapped customers routes and deliveries can 
be optimized, saving costs
- Sale of data - other couriers and businesses can pay for access to this data, 
a new revenue stream
- Fostering development of B2B systems - with an API anyone can access this data 
programatically (for a fee) and use this platform to build additional solutions, 
a new revenue stream

Everyone is a winner!


On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com> wrote:


>
>
>On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Rad! <conradakunga at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>If Posta was serious about remaining relevant they would grasp the opportunity 
>to develop and run a physical addressing system for Kenya. 
>>
 
>@Rad!,
>
>
>The physical addressing system: Isn't this the same thing that Kanjo already 
>started, albeit so badly? If Kanjo's was the pilot project for Kenya, then I 
>must say it's awful. It may not be surprising that some officials from Kanjo 
>went for overseas trips to learn how the physical addressing+Post Codes is 
>supposed to be done, only to come and do an awful one for Nairobi!
>I think that "physical addressing == Post Codes", right? Can this be done by 
>Posta without involving the Kanjo's of other towns in Kenya? With the poor 
>infrastructure that we have in this country, I still wonder how Posta would 
>deliver mail to my rural home, when I cannot even drive there myself, because 
>the govt expects me to build the roads I need to use!
>
>
>
>
>-- 
>Best regards,
>Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
>Nairobi,KE
>+254733744121/+254722743223
>_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 
>Damn!!
>
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