[kictanet] Mpesa Migration

Mon Apr 20 18:06:16 EAT 2015

On a serious note i think they might save by keeping their traffic
local. Not sure if this makes sense

Regards

On 4/20/15, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) <nmutungu at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>:
>> 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,
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