[kictanet] Airtel Plans Africa Exit

Mon Jan 30 10:58:21 EAT 2017

Ngigi,

It's like you are reading from the same script as I am. I have never
understood why we can't use Mpesa on any other number other than a
Safaricom one.
If Airtel, et al got access to the M-pesa platform then the tale would be
very different. As long as Safaricom has exclusivity access to M-pesa the
rest will have an uphill task in making any headways in the telecom market
in Kenya.

Regards,
Job Muriuki,

Skype: heviejob

On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 10:38 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> .....and the way CA (formerly CCK) were hammered when they tried to do a
> market intervention on the basis of Safaricom dominance....SMH....
>
> On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 9:20 AM, Ngigi Waithaka via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Ali,
>>
>> Analyzing why Safaricom has dominated this market in such Key areas as
>> Mobile Telephony, Payment Services etc is probably something that would
>> qualify for a PHD thesis.
>>
>> Here's what I know though:
>> 1. Are Safaricom's Customers happy? Answer is, do they have a choice? Go
>> back to Microsoft's heyday, were you actually really happy with Windows
>> '98? Did you have a *choice*?
>>
>> 2. Yes, Safaricom could have better services than Airtel & Telkom,
>> although I doubt, having been a user of both Safaricom & Airtel over 15yrs.
>> Even if they were better, how do you reconcile that they are maybe 4 times
>> the size of the rest of the competition? Are they 4x better than say
>> Airtel? I doubt.
>>
>> Now, onto things MPesa, I think Safaricom does MPesa a great injustice of
>> not spinning it off. I want MPesa (with all its associated services) on my
>> Airtel line.
>>
>> MPesa needs to be listed on NASDAQ! MPesa needs to be the third choice
>> globally after VISA & Mastercard!
>>
>> But there's the not so small matter of who actually owns MPesa!
>>
>> Onto matters regulation, if I was CBK, I would be very concerned if one
>> such firm had that much 'power' over the money transfer market.
>>
>> Rgds
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 9:10 AM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> Ngigi
>>>
>>> :-)
>>>
>>> The issue of Mobitelea aside (because we will really never know how that
>>> went down) Safaricom is simply better at everything:-
>>>
>>> 1. Their lobbying is simply superior and a thing of beauty to watch.
>>> Lobbying is an acceptable practice the world over. Please don't complain
>>> when your competitor is doing a better job at it than you..
>>>
>>> 2. Which industry is Safaricom in? Energy? (Mkopa Solar with 500k
>>> subscribers simply won't have existed without the symbiotic relationship
>>> they have with Mpesa. And Safaricom skims off the top as per agreement);
>>> Banking? CBA without Mshwari is a shell; Payments?  Lipa na Mpesa is giving
>>> Visa and Mastercard a run for their money; TV? Zuku is about to feel real
>>> competition. And the list goes on.
>>>
>>> 3. I'm keen to see the Dominance Report because I think we need to
>>> expand our thinking. I don't believe there is anyone today who has
>>> Dominance in any particular area at least not in the traditional way we
>>> have defined Dominance.
>>>
>>> 4. The thing of course to watch is abuse of Market Dominance.  And this
>>> in itself a slippery slop. Once The US Government tried to break up
>>> Microsoft. What the Government couldn't do the Market did. Free Markets are
>>> the greatest equalizer.
>>>
>>> Let us be careful what we wish for. In as long as the customer is
>>> generally happy we have nothing to fear.
>>>
>>> *Ali Hussein*
>>> *Principal*
>>> *Hussein & Associates*
>>> +254 0713 601113 <+254%20713%20601113>
>>>
>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>> "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but
>>> a habit."  ~ Aristotle
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>
>>> On 30 Jan 2017, at 8:29 AM, Ngigi Waithaka <ngigi at at.co.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>> Ali,
>>>
>>> The only palatable End Game; Equitel buys off Airtel Kenya, combines it
>>> with Helios stake @Telkom
>>>
>>> Massive innovation thereafter would get back some respectable market
>>> share.
>>>
>>> Truth be told, Safaricom's cozzyiness with GoK has helped it along big
>>> time. I dare say if Kencell has ceded 10% to Mobitelea, as Safaricom was
>>> more than glad to do, we'd probably be speaking a different story right now!
>>>
>>> What these foreign firms investing in Africa need to remember is.......
>>>
>>> THIS IS AFRICA!
>>> On 28 Jan 2017 8:40 a.m., "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*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
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>>
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