[kictanet] Airtel Plans Africa Exit

Sun Feb 5 16:49:01 EAT 2017

Rachel

Thanks for the update on the Dominance Report.

*Ali Hussein*

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On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 3:38 PM, Alwala, Rachel <Alwala at ca.go.ke> wrote:

> Hey Ali,
>
> Indeed these points you raise are pertinent.  Let us see the outcome of
> the Competition Market Study that we shall be releasing soon.  It is not
> complete but in the next few weeks, it should be out.  We shall have a
> stakeholders roundtable on the same.  I shall ensure this forum is informed
>  and also invited, then you can also interrogate the outcome of the study.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rachel
>
> From: kictanet <kictanet-bounces+alwala=ca.go.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke> on
> behalf of KICTAnet Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Reply-To: KICTAnet Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date: Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 9:28 AM
> To: Rachel <alwala at ca.go.ke>
> Cc: Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke>, KICTAnet Discussions <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Airtel Plans Africa Exit
>
> Ahmed
>
> Respectfully I disagree.
>
> What some people call Market Failure I call Market Dominance. Dominance
> here means that one works for it. Hard. And earns it. As opposed to a
> Monopoly which one is given freely. Like Kenya Power. And the assumptions
> that customers will go for services or products purely based on price is a
> fallacy. If this were the case Apple as a company would have died a long
> time ago. And it almost died once. But it reinvented itself.
>
> We need to interrogate this issue deeply. For example let's start first
> with interrogating the 'Dominance' Report that was supposed to have been
> out by now. Rachel of CA can maybe advise us on this.
>
> Customers are unforgiving towards mediocrity. Instead of blaming a
> 'Dominant' player or regulation let's address this issue holistically:-
>
> 1. Is the 'Dominant' player abusing its powers? There are remedies to this.
> 2. Are regulatory forces skewed to one player?
> 3. What are customers really looking for?
> 4. Is the country economic dynamics big enough to accommodate more than
> three telcos?
>
> *Ali Hussein*
> *Principal*
> *Hussein & Associates*
> +254 0713 601113
>
> Twitter: @AliHKassim
>
> Skype: abu-jomo
>
> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
>
> "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a
> habit."  ~ Aristotle
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 28 Jan 2017, at 8:54 AM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy <
> ultimateprogramer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ali,
>
> Not only are we seeing unfair advantage accorded to specific players, I
> think the consumers may need to be aware that they also need to themselves
> take the step to invest in competing alternatives (is it that the consumers
> are not aware of the implications - or is it that they plain decide to join
> the wave).
>
> Why I play the consumer card here is because - by experience - players
> like Airtel have always offered better service charges for a number of
> services they offer - including Airtel Money, Monthly bundled plans, etc
> etc. Sometimes it even made sense to get a monthly bundle from Airtel
> (across all networks) because its cheaper in the long run.
>
> Frankly consumers lack of support for competing alternatives demonstrates
> that consumers complain a lot about unfair service provision but take no
> steps to make it better in the long run - in light of the fact that in such
> circumstances investing in competition is actually even a cheaper short
> term option easily available.
>
> On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 8:38 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Listers
>>
>> Another one bites the dust?
>>
>> I'm really curious as to whats going on in the Telco sector.
>>
>> Bharti Airtel has announced that it will be exiting 14 African countries
>> within a year. The affected countries include: Chad, Congo, Gabon, Ghana,
>> Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania,
>> Uganda and Zambia.
>>
>> The telecom operator is faced with poor performance across those markets.
>> Two years ago, when Airtel began talks to sell off its operations in
>> Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo Brazzaville and Sierra Leone to Orange
>> <http://mobilityarena.com/airtel-not-exiting-africa-despite-talks-to-sell-4-networks-to-orange/>,
>> the company had stated that it wouldn’t be exiting Africa.
>> Airtel plans Africa exit
>> <http://mobilityarena.com/airtel-exit-nigeria-13-african-countries/>
>>
>> Is the African market too competitive or is the regulatory environment
>> skewed towards a few players?
>>
>> *Ali Hussein*
>>
>> *Principal*
>>
>> *Hussein & Associates*
>>
>>
>>
>> Tel: +254 713 601113
>>
>> Twitter: @AliHKassim
>>
>> Skype: abu-jomo
>>
>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
>> <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim>
>>
>>
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>
> --
> *Ahmed Maawy*
> Principal Product Management Specialist - Al Jazeera Media Network
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