[kictanet] Day 3 of 6 (Wednesday) :-Innovators, Innovations & Suppliers (last call...)

[Timothy- Coach- Oriedo]

On innovation; I would wish to know how I can access anonymised cell phone
location sensor data platform of all safaricom subscribers that will enable
building of a recommendation engine to benefit various industries.

Safaricom is sitting on a potential natural resource that if opened up can
benefit different industries from transport,  security, health care ,
education, environment etcetra

Think of an intelligent service that can inform the traffic department that
there is a noticeable surge of cellphone signals approaching town from a
particular direction say Limuru -Westlands and the traffic lights
proportionally allow more vehicles from that direction to pass through.
...wouldn't it be a step ahead in solving our ever present traffic menace?


Regards

Timothy Oriedo

about.me/Timoriedo



On 8 Feb 2017 8:26 pm, "Barrack Otieno via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Hi Walu,
>
> Before the branch closes:
>
> 1. Does Safaricom support the TIVET Program or any Village Polytechnics
> which train most of our Crafts Men upcountry?, would be keen to know what
> kind of support they extend to this Village Innovation Centres.
>
> Best Regards
>
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 8:10 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Walu
>>
>> Thank you for keeping this conversation going.
>>
>> This in my humble opinion is where Safaricom scores a D- for me.
>>
>> There has been alot of (albeit unsubstantiated) complaints from the
>> Startup Ecosystem of how difficult it is to work with Safaricom when it
>> comes to:-
>>
>> 1. APIs and Integrations with other players especially when it comes to
>> MPesa. There are even cases where people have claimed that Safaricom has
>> acted like a Big Bully. Again unsubstantiated. This is obviously a case of
>> where Safaricom needs to be very cognizant of the role they play in
>> uplifting the Innovation Ecosystem in Kenya and Africa.
>>
>> Did Safaricom hound BitPesa out of Kenya?
>> <http://www.coindesk.com/safaricom-and-bitpesa/>
>>
>> 2. Its an accepted fact that working with the MPesa API is not a walk in
>> the park. They need to be take a CrowdSourcing Approach to this. To be fair
>> this has improved tremendously in the last few months. However, I believe
>> there's room for improvement.
>>
>> 3. Regulation. Its a fact of business today that Regulation and
>> Compliance can be a major hindrance to innovation. A case in point is the
>> burgeoning FinTech Space in Nairobi. How can Safaricom help startups
>> navigate this area?
>>
>> 4.  What is the long term strategy for MPesa?
>>
>>
>> *Ali Hussein*
>>
>> *Principal*
>>
>> *Hussein & Associates*
>>
>>
>>
>> Tel: +254 713 601113
>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
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>> On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 6:29 PM, Walubengo J via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> We have 6hrs to go before end of day.
>>>
>>> Just a reminder for those with questions to do so before tomorrow.
>>> Tomorrow we start on Infrastructure and Universal access issues.
>>>
>>> walu.
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> *From:* Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com>
>>> *To:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>>> *Cc:* "skunkworks at lists.my.co.ke" <skunkworks at lists.my.co.ke>
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 8, 2017 8:11 AM
>>> *Subject:* Day 3 of 6 (Wednesday) :-Innovators, Innovations & Suppliers
>>>
>>> Morning Listers,
>>>
>>> As usual, feel free to do belated questions for Safaricom on previous
>>> thematic areas.  However, today we want to move onto Day 3 Theme -
>>> Innovators, Innovations & Suppliers.    I have copied in the innovators on
>>> Skunkworks and hope to hear their views as well.
>>>
>>> So straight into the theme:
>>>
>>> Safaricom has been quite innovative and keeps coming up with new ways of
>>> doing things. As an innovator/developer/supplier, please tell us your
>>> experiences with regard to Safaricom Innovation as well as their
>>> procurement ecosystem.
>>>
>>> a) Is their development platform and application programmable interface
>>> (API) sufficiently open?
>>> b) Are the issues to do with Intellectual property /Patents/Procurement
>>> clear and adequate?
>>> c) Whereas the gain-sharing agreements are private and confidential, how
>>> can they be made better?
>>> d) What is Safcom take on Bitcoin/Blockchain technologies?
>>>
>>> Lets hear your views, experiences and proposals.
>>>
>>> We have only one day on this.
>>>
>>> walu.
>>> ----List of Themes---
>>> 1. Consumer Issues Day,
>>> 2. Competition Issues Day,
>>> 3. Innovators, Innovations & Suppliers Day,
>>> 4. Infrastructure & Universal Access Day,
>>> 5. Technology & Elections Day
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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