[kictanet] Digital Migration: business opportunities

Tue Jan 7 08:26:50 EAT 2014

No doubt that content will dictate who gets more viewers, it will be
inevitable that eventualy the digital switch has to happen. The earlier the
media owners restructure their systems to accomodate the smoother the
transition.

I think the rental of old media masts for broadband opportunities is an
avenue that should be explored seriously.

Gideon Rop
DotConnectAfrica

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> "I have argued in a previous post that content will be the winner. There
> will be companies whose business is to produce content e.g community
> theatres, schools, etc You have a choice to either distribute or sell
> this content or you can give it to another company to distribute it for
> you, think of the middle men.
> For instance, we could decide as a village to produce a cooking show,
>  then sell it to either the media houses or through an intermediary. It
> will depend on capital outlay and negotiation skills. If your core
> business is production, you can leave distribution to other companies
> that have sharks and vulture like characters to maximize the profits.
>
> Remember, CCK says 60% has to be local content, where do you think the
> media will get this content? Lets get to work "
>
> What are these opportunities?
>
> 1. Software development
> 2. Content generators/distributors
> 3. Media personalities, owners etc
> 4. Digital Dividend allocations
> 5. Renting old media masts
> 6. Pay per view services
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>
> More on:
> http://www.wanjiku.co.ke/2014/01/digital-migration-business-opportunities/
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> Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2014 10:12:54 -0500
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> >WHO WILL BE THE WINNER IN CASHLESS PAYMENT FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT SECTOR?
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> Telecoms and financial institutions are likely to be at the centre of
> the new transition to a cashless payments. Regulations by the Cabinet
> Secretary for Transport and Infrastructure will see all public service
> vehicles required to use an electronic payment system starting 1st July
> 2014. Equity Bank and Google BebaPay prepaid plastic card launched in
> 1Q13 has made some inroad in payments but no data is currently publicly
> available on the number of users and volumes. Safaricom has registered
> over 1,300 public transport vehicles and taxis in its Lipa na M-Pesa
> platform. Either way, cash payments are still the predominant mode of
> payment for public transport.
>
> There are currently over 22,000 public transport vehicles and around
> 1.5m journies daily in Kenya by our estimate implying a wide gap to
> achieve full penetration. Cash payments pose a number of challenges to
> authorities with tax compliance, corruption and money laundering ranking
> high in concerns. The Economic Survey 2013 values Kenya's road passenger
> transport business at KES 205 bn. The new rules on cashless payments
> will pit financial companies and telecoms which will bid to dominate the
> payments made in the sector.
>
> In China, China UnionPay and China Telecom, the largest players in their
> respective markets agreed to a comprehensive cooperation agreement with
> the aim to conducting an all-round cooperation in the financial payment
> and communication service areas, jointly expand the bankcard application
> in the communication and e-commerce fields and elevate the service level
> of the financial payment which is based on the communication network.
> Particularly, the partnership between the two big companies is expected
> to create a synergy in the mobile payment domain and co-promote the
> development of the mobile payment industry. We believe that this will be
> what will happen in Kenya where financial institutions will use the wide
> reach of telecommunications companies to reach the consumer. Whereas the
> urban public transport regulations now only require paper ticketing, we
> see an evolution where a personal smart chip card will eventually become
> a standard.
>
> (KNBS, Business Daily, Standard Investment Bank)
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> good luck enforcing that.
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> With one statement last week the Matatu association Boss Dickson Mbugua put
> paid to this mode of thinking.
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> On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 11:12 PM, <emuchiri at andestbites.com> wrote:
>
> >  *>Who will be the winner in cashless payment for public transport
> > sector?*
> >
> > Telecoms and financial institutions are likely to be at the centre of the
> > new transition to a cashless payments. Regulations by the Cabinet
> Secretary
> > for Transport and Infrastructure will see all public service vehicles
> > required to use an electronic payment system starting 1st July 2014.
> Equity
> > Bank and Google BebaPay prepaid plastic card launched in 1Q13 has made
> some
> > inroad in payments but no data is currently publicly available on the
> > number of users and volumes. Safaricom has registered over 1,300 public
> > transport vehicles and taxis in its Lipa na M-Pesa platform. Either way,
> > cash payments are still the predominant mode of payment for public
> > transport.
> >
> > There are currently over 22,000 public transport vehicles and around 1.5m
> > journies daily in Kenya by our estimate implying a wide gap to achieve
> full
> > penetration. Cash payments pose a number of challenges to authorities
> with
> > tax compliance, corruption and money laundering ranking high in concerns.
> > The Economic Survey 2013 values Kenya?s road passenger transport business
> > at KES 205 bn. The new rules on cashless payments will pit financial
> > companies and telecoms which will bid to dominate the payments made in
> the
> > sector.
> >
> > In China, China UnionPay and China Telecom, the largest players in their
> > respective markets agreed to a comprehensive cooperation agreement with
> the
> > aim to conducting an all-round cooperation in the financial payment and
> > communication service areas, jointly expand the bankcard application in
> the
> > communication and e-commerce fields and elevate the service level of the
> > financial payment which is based on the communication network.
> > Particularly, the partnership between the two big companies is expected
> to
> > create a synergy in the mobile payment domain and co-promote the
> > development of the mobile payment industry. We believe that this will be
> > what will happen in Kenya where financial institutions will use the wide
> > reach of telecommunications companies to reach the consumer. Whereas the
> > urban public transport regulations now only require paper ticketing, we
> see
> > an evolution where a personal smart chip card will eventually become a
> > standard.
> >
> > (KNBS, Business Daily, Standard Investment Bank)
> >
> >
> >
> >
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