[kictanet] Mpesa Migration

Tue Apr 21 09:18:51 EAT 2015

It makes sense to keep traffic local. It saves a lot of cash. It also
improves the speed of transactions because of lower latency. Over and above
this, we can't claim to be a global hub of innovation if we can't keep
servers running.

On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 6:06 PM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> 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,
> >>>>> Nairobi,KE
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> >>>>> "I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler."
> >>>>>
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