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

[Samuel Gichuru]

Daktari,

Tafadhali share his name

Sam

On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Eng. Wainaina Mungai <
wainaina at madeinkenya.org> wrote:

> 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
>>
>> Shem J. Ochuodho, MSc (Eng), PhD, LLD (Hon)
>> Senior Advisor
>> Ministry of Telecom & Postal Services
>> Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS), Juba
>> Commonwealth Telecom Organization (CTO/GoSS) 2010 African Internaut Award
>> Recipient
>> Kenya Community Abroad (KCA) 2007 Excellence Award Winner
>> AfricaOnline 2005 Industry Pioneer Award Recipient
>> Father of Internet in Kenya (Computer Society of Kenya - CSK 2000)
>> Cell: +249-955-021-040/+256-477-232025/+254-725-016679
>> Skype: shem.ochuodho
>>
>>
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