[kictanet] The big kwaheri:reflecting on 10 years on the MJ 10 year safari.
Jane Kagiri
kagirijane at yahoo.com
Thu Oct 14 22:19:26 EAT 2010
Hi Listers,
What i admire most about MJ is how he has always led from the front in Safaricoms CSR projects,talk of Lewa Marathon,Dettol Heart Run etc..... he has always literally ran the full distance.
I believe thats the making of a true leader.
Do we look forward to seeing him at the stanchart marathon though its not safaricom sponsored?
Jane Kagiri.
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> 1. ICT Venture Capital Challenge for start ups (Andrea Bohnstedt)
> 2. The big Kwaheri: reflecting on 10 years on the MJ 10yr safari
> and his-tory - day 5 (muriuki mureithi)
> 3. Re: The big Kwaheri: reflecting on 10 years on the MJ 10yr
> safari and his-tory - day 4 (muriuki mureithi)
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>Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:36:27 +0300
>From: Andrea Bohnstedt <andrea.bohnstedt at ratio-magazine.com>
>To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
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>Hey listers,
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>You might have spotted this somewhere already, so apologies for
>cross-postings.
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>The ICT Board and Ratio Magazine are organising this venture capital
>challenge for ICT start ups at the IHub on Monday afternoon:
>http://tandaatechideas.eventbrite.com/
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>Six ICT start ups get to pitch to a panel of five VC/PE funds - short,
>snappy presentations, and they'll be grilled on their business idea on the
>spot. If the funds are interested, they can then follow up in more detail
>individually. We've also invited an audience - 60% of the people who have
>registered have started an ICT company.
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>This has a double purpose:
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> - bring VCs and start ups together, and
> - give the audience of developers etc a better understanding of what kind
> of questions a VC would ask.
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>I think there are still a few space available to attend, so if you are
>interested, click on the link above and register!
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>Andrea
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>Fellow listers
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>This is getting very close from the heart ------ keep them coming ---
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>Joe Mucheru put out a very interesting hypothesis and most likely a fact that ...? Safaricom ecosystem has created thousands of millionaires ? as MJ created a US$1 Billion + company in 10 yrs .....
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>One thing one may want to understand from your own experience is whether Safaricom generated new wealth and then redistributed to create the millionaires cited above, or did the system suck resources from bamba 5?s and concentrate to a few? Were there losers in the process? Were the bottom of the pyramid part of the equation or lost out? Think of that guy who was selling airtime in the streets some years ago, did the system develop a channel for upward mobility in the value chain? In other words where is the guy who was selling airtime 10 yrs ago in the streets?
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>If you think so ? what should MJ have done to address the situation ......
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>cheers
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>True Nyaki , MJ touched many people in different ways ?
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>We each know only a small part of MJ but we all know the impact of his actions over the last 10 yrs. We expect that the discussion can help unravel and give us a 360 degree view and what drives MJ and whether this can be replicated so that we see other corporates entering the market and revitalizing it like MJ did .
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>While this is our view which we are researching ? perhaps it could be beneficial for some clarification from MJ at some point towards the tail end of the debate but certainly not now. An early contribution will influence the course of the rich discussion ? ama ?
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>cheers
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>From: kictanet-bounces+mureithi=summitstrategies.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+mureithi=summitstrategies.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Catherine Adeya
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>Gilda,
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>On the contrary I do not think MJ should answer at this stage. Research of this nature can take a life of its own and be the beginnings of a great book. I think we should allow Muriuki time to gather views (without input from MJ at this stage), collate them and maybe share with him for feedback...ama?
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>Nyaki
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>Listers,
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>I have kept up with your many interesting observations and comments/compliments etc.
>Maybe we should now hear from the horse's mouth, is he ready to run another race
>as suggested by yourselves in this interesting discussion?
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>Regards,
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>Gilda
>Quoting Kanja Waruru <kanjawaruru at yahoo.com>:
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>> Joe,
>> thinking about what else MJ can do for this nation I honestly believe he can
>> be a very good candidate for the GOVERNOR OF NAIROBI, reason being he is
>> known by all Nairobi-ans, he is trusted by many because more people bank with
>> MJ through Mpesa than they do with banks and if we can agree the governor of
>> Nairobi is not a political seat then MJ would have me vote..can he be asked
>> to seriously consider that proposal.
>> kanja
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>> --- On Wed, 10/13/10, Joseph Mucheru <mucheru at google.com> wrote:
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>> From: Joseph Mucheru <mucheru at google.com>
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] The big Kwaheri: reflecting on 10 years on the MJ
>> 10yr safari and his-tory - day 4
>> To: kanjawaruru at yahoo.com
>> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 8:07 AM
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>> Well said Muriuki,
>> I think the biggest need in Kenya today and Africa as a whole is jobs. One of
>> the challenges of this is managing the very young teams with so much energy
>> and it is clear MJ was able to do this well in Safaricom. Can he now take up
>> a challenge of setting up or taking over a business that can scale to employ
>> over 100,000 full time workers within 5 years. I know you are probably asking
>> what they will be doing. This can be the subject of another forum. He has
>> been able to show he can generate US$ 1billion+ this is a great milestone for
>> Kenya and Africa. Hiring 100,000 Staff in an institution will be
>> another.? Wal-Mart for example has a workforce of over 2.2 million (see
>> below).
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>> I would propose that we as lister come up with potential businesses we can
>> acquire and get MJ to run and create these number of jobs. Hope this is not
>> too utopian
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>> Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT) will increase its workforce by 36% in the next five
>> years to take advantage of growing international demand.? The new hires will
>> take the company's headcount to 3 million, from 2.2 million now, Susan
>> Chambers, executive vice president for human resources, said at a conference
>> in India.
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>>
>> See full article from DailyFinance:http://srph.it/cyTEHp
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>> Regards
>> Joe Mucheru
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>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 4:12 PM, muriuki mureithi
>> <mureithi at summitstrategies.co.ke> wrote:
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>> Listers
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>> It can???t be more exciting . we set out to get a 360 degree view
>> of MJ and now Dr Ndemo has given as a bird???s eye view ? ? ? of ? ? MJ ? and
>> how he
>> develops and executes strategy for Safaricom machine at the board. It is also
>> noteworthy as Dr Ndemo mentions that the political terrain is extremely
>> slippery
>> but one must wiggle through to remain relevant .? How MJ has done it through
>> KANU , NARC and now PNU/ODM is a mystery we need to unravel.? Is there a
>> student
>> of politics to help us help ? ? ? as here?
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>> But what should MJ do after hanging the boots at Safaricom is it
>> to write books, lecture, start a start-up company to test whether the
>> theories
>> work in a different setting etc .... what do you recommend MJ should do from
>> October
>> ? 31st ? should he stay in or out of ICT sector , go politics ( run
>> for president as suggested by Charles) , preach, or takeover ? one of the
>> smaller operators and build it to be? a mega company like
>> ? ......................
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>> cheers
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>> Muriuki Mureithi
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