[kictanet] Mpesa Migration

Mon Apr 20 17:54:14 EAT 2015

Barrack, wow, that translates to a bigger business, and maybe anothet
shift in mobile money as we know it.

2015-04-20 17:18 GMT+03:00, Barrack Otieno via kictanet
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> Grace,
>
> I think the Mshwari limit will be increased.
>
> Regards
>
> On 4/20/15, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> wrote:
>> There is also an interesting article on Business Daily
>> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Safaricom-says-migration-of-M-Pesa-successful/-/539550/2690806/-/54s1ui/-/index.html
>>
>> The mobile money platform was previously hosted in Germany and was prone
>> to
>> interruptions whenever undersea fibre optic cables relaying information
>> got
>> damaged.
>>
>> ______________________
>> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
>>
>> "There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on
>> higher ground in that lifetime." - Maxwell Anderson
>>
>>
>> On 20 April 2015 at 12:27, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Washington!
>>> The deate on whether coming home has any import on sharing the platform
>>> is
>>> interesting. Lets watch the space.
>>>
>>> 2015-04-20 12:16 GMT+03:00 Odhiambo Washington via kictanet <
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 20 April 2015 at 11:56, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via kictanet <
>>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear Listers,
>>>>> Other than the emotional value, what is in it for Kenyans with Mpesa
>>>>> "coming home"?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Grace,
>>>>
>>>> Someone has penned the following: http://goo.gl/yvooPb
>>>>
>>>> However, from where I sit, I think it's just the sentimental/emotional
>>>> value that's being peddled. It's Kenyan product (really?? Which Kenyan
>>>> did
>>>> it?) and it's been living in exile, but now we've brought it home!
>>>> Okay,
>>>> that sounds quite negative so let me add..
>>>>
>>>> I hope that clients will never see/hear "M-Pesa is experiencing delays.
>>>> Please wait for 10 minutes and try again". Item number 2 in the
>>>> referenced
>>>> article seemed to want to touch on issues like this, but it doesn't
>>>> expressly say why we used to get such delays when the old (G-1) system
>>>> didn't actually hit it's peak limit. So maybe it was an issue with
>>>> Internet
>>>> traffic delays to Germany, which is now eliminated from the equation by
>>>> the
>>>> local hosting of the servers.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe this G-2 will be opened up for the other Telcos, something that
>>>> has
>>>> always been in contention. Item 3 in the referenced article wanted to
>>>> talk
>>>> about that, but ended up with unnecessary noise. Time will tell whether
>>>> Safaricom will allow others to compete with it in its own platform.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ni hayo tu kutoka kwangu.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
>>>> Nairobi,KE
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