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

Tue Jul 28 10:23:29 EAT 2020

Rose,

The downfall is the Government has re-introduced taxes they had waived on
solar items and tax on batteries is back.

*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*
*Nairobi, Kenya*

On Tue, 28 Jul 2020 at 10:00, Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tel: +254 713 601113
>>>>
>>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim
>>>>
>>>> Skype: abu-jomo
>>>>
>>>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
>>>> <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely
>>>> mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the
>>>> organizations that I work with.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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 *
>>>>>>  +254 (0) 711 385 945 |  +254 (0) 734 024 856
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