Does it then mean future "M-PESA business" revenues and/or royalties will henceforth go to Vodafone and not Safaricom shareholders?<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Harry Hare <<a href="mailto:harry@africanedevelopment.org">harry@africanedevelopment.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Just saw this story on CNNMoney and started wondering whose product
M-Pesa is…I always thought M-Pesa was a local invention of the creative
minds at Safaricom but looks like Vodafone is claiming ownership of the brand.
It would probably be good to start documenting the origins of M-Pesa as I see
this brand across Africa.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Regards</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Harry</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/AFX-0013-24343341.htm" target="_blank">http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/AFX-0013-24343341.htm</a></span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Vodafone's jv to launch mobile money transfer service in Tanzania</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">April 08, 2008: 08:40 AM EST</span></font></p>
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Apr. 8, 2008 (Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex) -- </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">- Vodafone
(NYSE:VOD) Group Plc. said its joint-venture, Vodacom Group plans to launch its
M-Pesa mobile money transfer service to its 4.1 mln customers in Tanzania at
the end of the month.<br>
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Vodacom, which has operations in South Africa,
Tanzania, Lesotho, Mozambique
and the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
is a joint venture between Vodafone and Telkom South Africa.<br>
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The launch of Vodafone M-PESA in Tanzania will see Vodafone's
award-winning mobile money transfer service available in a second African
market.</span></font></p>
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