[kictanet] Safaricom starts Sh20 a day loan for buying smartphones

Tue Jul 28 09:59:11 EAT 2020

Hi David,

Thanks for sharing this. I'm certain that there will be great benefits
accrued from giving more Kenyans access to internet enabled devices. We
have been beneficiaries of access to the digital world and I can only
imagine how several lives will be transformed through this.

>From your list above affordability has been sorted, it is my hope that
other stakeholders like electricity providers  can also work harder to
ensure the provision of peripheral services that Kenyans rely on for
connectivity. Also it would be great to see further utilisation of USF to
promote connectivity.

Kind regards,

Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu
Advocate
Legal and Regulatory Specialist- Oxygene MCL
Tel: +254 718 181644

On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 8:59 AM David Indeje via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> The launch
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2kfhI1sf7U
> <https://talkgadget.google.com/linkredirect?dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D_2kfhI1sf7U>
>
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2020, 7:54 AM David Indeje <davidindeje at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ali,
>>
>> During the pilot phase for this proposition, we were told it will have
>> bundled benefits, data, minutes. I hope it has not changed.
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 28, 2020, 6:21 AM Ali Hussein via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> Alvin
>>>
>>> It's unlikely 'high-end" phones will be sold like that. But I do get
>>> your phone. Way back when Telkom was Telkom 😀 I got an iPhone on a 2-year
>>> contract. Basically it came with a data, voice plan for I think 6k a month.
>>> For two years. The great thing about the plan was that I was spending that
>>> amount or more anyway per month.
>>>
>>> I don't mean to tell Safaricom how to do their business but most Telcos
>>> in Europe and the US have these contracts for their 'high-end' phones. Not
>>> sure why Safaricom doesn't have such plans.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> *Ali Hussein*
>>>
>>> Digital Transformation
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 12:02 PM Alvin Ochola Gmail via kictanet <
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>>> These must be specifically for ''Low-End Priced phones''.
>>>>
>>>> In a year 20*365 = KES 7,300/=
>>>>
>>>> Hopefully, they have thought of a formula for Hign End Phones also.
>>>>
>>>> Safaricom can reap on this if thought out properly.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Thank you.*
>>>>
>>>> *Kind Regards,*
>>>>
>>>> *Alvin Ochola*
>>>> *Manager*
>>>> *Greenline Technology Limited*
>>>> *ICT SOLUTIONS *
>>>> *sales at greenline.co.ke <sales at greenline.co.ke>*
>>>> *Direct Lines: *
>>>> *0733-610-758*
>>>> *0722-219-938*
>>>> *Call or Whatsapp*
>>>>  *Nairobi, Kenya*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 at 10:54, David Indeje via kictanet <
>>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear Listers,
>>>>>
>>>>> Safaricom from Tuesday will start selling smartphones on credit to its
>>>>> subscribers who will make daily payments of as little as Sh20 a day for up
>>>>> to a year dubbed Lipa Mdogo Mdogo.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is a novel idea from the telco in ensuring the 'access gap is
>>>>> closed" The CEO Peter Ndegwa says it will enable users to access 4G.
>>>>> https://bit.ly/2EnOOew
>>>>>
>>>>> As this unfolds, the issue of:
>>>>>
>>>>>    1. affordability
>>>>>    2. right infrastructure - power
>>>>>    3. What are competitors doing?
>>>>>
>>>>> Will still need to be addressed going forward.
>>>>>
>>>>> *Kind Regards,*
>>>>>
>>>>> *David Indeje *
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