[kictanet] Posta Kenya closes 56 outlets

[Brian Munyao Longwe]

Whata travesty and a lost opportunity. Two years ago I spent time working
on a project to help Botswana Posts introduce their own mobile money
product as a service. They had already (as part of their strategic plan)
established partnership with Govt to handle payment of social grants
(pensions, social security, welfare etc)....

There are many other ways of being sustainable.

Best regards,

Brian


On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 5:06 AM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:

> Listers
>
> Hidden among the statistics released by CCK is the state of Posta Kenya.
>
>
> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Postal-Kenya-closes-56-outlets-as-business-falls/-/539550/1754446/-/ppm2vtz/-/index.html
>
> Yet despite the dire straits the state corporation seems to be in it still
> could reinvent itself. Posta is in dire need of re-inventing itself ala
> Deutsche Post which reverse took-over DHL and benefited from its logistics
> and savvy managerial skills. Is the semi-privatization of Posta Kenya
> imminent? Is it the only thing that can save it? Should the
> Government/Posta seriously look at this option? I dare say we must move
> poste haste (pun intended) or be confined to the fate of the US Postal
> Service which seems incapable of getting out of its morose state.
>
> The article below Wikipedia gives a good background to the Deutsche Post
> story.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Post
>
>
> Ali Hussein
> CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd
> Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd
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