[kictanet] Regulator seeks power to license retail mobile cash agents

[Ali Hussein]

For those wanting to understand more regarding Regulators' and Old School
Business Models conundrom in this age of Platforms and New Business Models
this is a great read.

Amazon's Anti-Trust Paradox
<https://www.yalelawjournal.org/note/amazons-antitrust-paradox>

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*Ali Hussein*

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On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 2:25 PM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:

> ​This is over reaching.. Not everything needs to be resolved by
> Regulation... ​
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> *Ali Hussein*
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> *Principal*
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> *AHK & Associates*
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> Tel: +254 713 601113
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> Twitter: @AliHKassim
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> 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing,
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> Chiromo Road, Westlands,
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> Nairobi, Kenya.
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> Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely
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> On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 11:50 AM, Victor Kapiyo via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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>> The Communications Authority (CA), is seeking powers to license all
>> mobile money agents as part of new measures targeting market dominance in
>> the telecommunications sector. Francis Wangusi, the CA director general
>> told parliament Monday that the registration seeks to make the agents
>> neutral so that they can serve the telecoms operators. “The agents are
>> going to be licensed to check misuse of information provided by mobile
>> operators,” Mr Wangusi told the National Assembly’s committee on ICT. Leading
>> telecoms operator, Safaricom, has 160,000 agents for its M-Pesa platform,
>> Airtel money has 30,000 while Telkom’s T-Kash has 7,000.
>>
>> https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/news/Regulator-seeks-
>> power-license-mobile-cash-agents/539546-4678402-yl67ycz/index.html
>>
>> We look forward to review the regulations.
>>
>> *Victor Kapiyo*
>> Partner | *Lawmark Partners LLP*
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