[kictanet] M-AKIBA SMSes: Is Safaricom sincere on innovation?

[WANGARI KABIRU]

Could someone explain how recently messages were received on the wonderful product M-AKIBA by mobile phone holders - as an SMS invitation to signup to this product listed for subscription not via the traditional stock broker but via telcos; part of why it is lauded a digital innovation

Where did the telephone numbers come from? Did the subscribers consent or subscribe somewhere to be receiving messages? Should subscribers expect more random messages and products/services this way?

I ask this because there might be an opportunity for the young budding entrepreneurs to get their wonderful products/services broadcasted to the masses.
Blessed day.
Regards/Wangari
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Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth".
 

    On Saturday, 22 July 2017, 10:20, K Machuhi via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
 

 The commentary response to the article by Kiringai kamau articulates the needed paradigm shift in data. Safaricom etc are providing consumer services which we willingly subscribe to. Collection of data is incidental part of that service delivery process.Individuals own their data. Where are the famed developers to make a personal data repository app? One could even make money selling personal data to Bobby and others in data science vocations.As for civic data, as long as tax money was involved in its collection....there should and will be a framework of obtaining that data. Bureau of statistics website has quite some data gems but one needs 7th sense to navigate and obtain the data..e.g. the 2009 census data.
On 21 Jul 2017 09:12, "Walubengo J via kictanet" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke > wrote:

Let me start with a disclaimer :-)
This post is not from me but one Robert Yawe,
Have a read.
https://www.cio.co.ke/ featured/is-safaricom-sincere- on-innovation/
walu.

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