[kictanet] [ke-internetusers] Kenya's Mobile Money Innovation & Dr Mukhisa Kituyi's Article in Today's Nation

Sun May 22 20:02:59 EAT 2011

Daktari,

Kindly reveal the name of the unsung hero (the University student) who never
received due recognition. I have heard the stories but I have no name or a
face to the name of the student behind MPESA. Our media should be able to
give due publicity to such a student.

Regards,
Wainaina

On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Shem Ochuodho <shemochuodho at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Daktari,
>
> I have to record my disappointment .... As usual with others who have
> commented on this subject before, we credit (in my view) all the wrong
> people, but leave out the true unsung hero: the young university student who
> 'invented' mpesa - the inventor/innovator! Not even his name is mentioned,
> or known! In the history of technological innovation in Kenya, the 'Governor
> of the Central Bank' (notably Micah Cheserem and the present) will have a
> special place! On the mPesa issue, among those mentioned the only one I
> would fret - given the power - would the CBK Governor, who was bold enough
> to let this 'experiment' take root.
>
> Just in case one missed the story, read on ....:
> http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Kenyas+mobile+money+innovation+draws+world+attention+/-/440808/1166842/-/kctp0xz/-/index.html
> .
>
> Regards,
> Shem
>
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