[kictanet] [ISOC_KE] Orange prepares to exit African Market?

[Ali Hussein]

Barrack

I respectfully disagree.

The government can maintain an NSA ( I suspect they already do through NIS) type surveillance mechanism. 

We must try and maintain as little government involvement in business as possible. 

I have a sneaky suspicion that if Safaricom had remained with KP&TC it would have remained a 'Hole in the Wall' operation at Telcoms House opposite the Railway museum (apt maybe but certainly not beneficial to Kenya) instead of the colossus it has become touching almost every Kenyan life in one way or another.

Meanwhile, the geniuses who devised the split into Posta, Safaricom, Telkom Kenya and CCK deserve our respect and gratitude. 

Regulation is where government belongs and despite everything I would say that CCK has by any measure been a good regulator.  

Ali Hussein

+254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113

"I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots".  ~ Albert Einstein

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> On Mar 6, 2014, at 10:43 AM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Ali,
> 
> In the Kenyan scenario Orange should revert to government, we have competent human resources that can turn it around. National Telecom operators are critical resources that require investment from the state from a security and economic perspective
> 
> Best Regards
> 
>> On Mar 6, 2014 2:59 AM, "Ali Hussein" <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
>> Listers
>> 
>> Back on the heels of the Yu decision to sell, I understand Orange is preparing to sell its African operations.
>> 
>> What are the ramifications of this in the bigger scheme of things?
>> 
>> http://www.tmtfinance.com/news/orange-hires-adviser-african-exit?utm_source=Newsweaver&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ali%403mice.com&utm_campaign=TMT+Finance+News+Alert+05+March+2014
>> 
>> Ali Hussein
>> 
>> +254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113
>> 
>> "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots".  ~ Albert Einstein
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
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