[kictanet] Posta Kenya closes 56 outlets

[Brian Munyao Longwe]

Not to mention the huge scam and subsequent failure of the innovative
PostaPay product which they tried to introduce (before m-pesa!). Poor
leadership, corrupt leadership and grand larceny being the root cause of
failure.


On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Paul Roy Owino <roykoikai at gmail.com>wrote:

> Worked on Botswana Post and I concur its a success story in the continent.
> Think we got weak leadership at Posta Kenya.
>
> Sent from my Windows Phone
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> From: Brian Munyao Longwe
> Sent: 4/22/2013 10:09 AM
> To: Paul Roy
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> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Posta Kenya closes 56 outlets
>
> 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
>>
>> +254 713 601113
>>
>> "The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb
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