[kictanet] Safaricom can now suspend Lipisha Consortium and Bitpesa Ltd services

Wed Dec 16 11:48:08 EAT 2015

Wonderful.

I think ultimately we need innovators to work with conducive innovation
partners. Our sole reliance on key specific market players has to have a
stop. This is taking us back to the stone age for the innovation eco-system
in Kenya.

On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 11:41 AM, Mwendwa Kivuva <
Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:

> If you go to bitpesa website, you will find they already moved their
> cheese to Airtel.
>
> Regards
> On Dec 16, 2015 10:55 AM, "Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet" <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Just thinking. Is there just a better time for equitel to shine :)
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 11:37 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> In light of today's debate on the notice issued by CBK on virtual
>>> currencies, here is an update of a related story
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.nation.co.ke/business/safaricom-suspends-companyies/-/996/2998070/-/131d2e5/-/index.html
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 14:13:47 +0300
>>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Public Notice by CBK on Virtual Currencies
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>>> To: ggithaiga at hotmail.com
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>>> Josiah
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>>> On 15 Dec 2015, at 1:24 PM, Josiah Mugambi via kictanet <
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>> BitPesa requires proof of identity before use. I found it quite lengthy
>>> and a tad tedious while signing up sometimes back. That somewhat takes care
>>> of KYC procedures though.
>>>
>>> I think CBK are obligated to make this position as a caveat emptor. An
>>> idea for them might be to use this case with BitPesa as a pilot with the
>>> view of coming up with regulations. Especially as cryptocurrencies are not
>>> going away any time soon.
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