[kictanet] Pesapal, the next big thing

[Areba Collins [ @BrainiacKE ® ]]

Kudos to Liko et al.

On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 8:44 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> A great opportunity has presented itself for a truly home grown technology
> innovation in the form of Pesapal yet we continue backing up the wrong
> horses.
>
>
> http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Orange-PesaPal-sign-airtime-deal/-/1006/1660366/-/6vnqjkz/-/index.html
>
> I wish KICTB (iHub) and Nation Media Group (the next big thing) could pull
> their resources to back something with a track record instead of rewarding
> compepreneurs.
>
> Safaricom has partnered with KopoKopo to turn MPesa into a point of sale
> payment platform but what is more important with this development is that
> the transaction fee can be reduced to a fixed cost in this case 1.5% and
> also the sharing of the revenue between Safaricom & Kopo Kopo an issue that
> was previously a no go zone at Safaricom.
>
> This new product is the second death kneel on the mpesa agent business
> model after the one of the banks, as an mpesa agent we are preparing for
> the inevitable death proactively.
>
> Like with the newly reduced voice interconnection charges we need a
> similar model for integrators like PesaPal so that the consumer is not
> overcharged when using such services as the integrators are forced to
> charge a fee over and above those already being charged by the mobile money
> provider which means that they
>
> PesaPal has proven they are not going away and what they need to take off
> into the stratosphere is a little local support, I am sure that Liko will
> soon be responsive to a buy out.
>
> I see PesaPal becoming the debit card of the mwanainchi where funding can
> be done from multiple sources.
>
> Let us support the "next big thing"
>
> Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenya
>
> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>
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