<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Wash/Mark</div><div><br></div><div>May be there's a deeper issue here? One that the Telcos are intent not to follow through? </div><div><br><div>Ali Hussein</div><div><br></div><div>+254 773/713 601113</div><div><br></div><div>Sent from my iPhone®</div></div><div><br>On Oct 2, 2012, at 9:03 PM, Odhiambo Washington <<a href="mailto:odhiambo@gmail.com">odhiambo@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>I think it's enough for Wananchi Group to simply buy them out. South Africans are stupid fellows. They never learn their lessons in Kenya!<br><br>I am saying *stupid* because there are precedences where South Africans have come to do business in KE, transformed the business into a South African affair and then ran out of steam - losing in the process. If you doubt me, ask anyone who has worked for these companies under the management of South Africans.<br>
<br>KDN has steadily lost business simply because of their poor and uncoordinated support, to which they got feedback but ignored as criticism. When you fail to listen to your clients cries, you go down, whether you like it or not. Customer is King!!! So when you start feeling that you are doing customers a favor and turn a deaf ear to them, what follows is as obvious as day follows night.<br>
<br>I can only say "good riddance" KDN! Whoever invests their money in KDN must eject the South Africans in order to survive.<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 8:00 PM, Mark Mwangi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mwangy@gmail.com" target="_blank">mwangy@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">They should sell to wananchi group. More capacity for the home users. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">
On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 6:18 PM, Ali Hussein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" target="_blank">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="auto"><div>Listers</div><div><br></div><div>This story got me thinking...</div>
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<font size="3"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">KDN plans sale of stake to recover from losses</span></font></h1><div style="margin:15px 0px 10px;padding:0px;text-align:left"><div style="font-weight:bold;text-align:-webkit-auto">
<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">By OKUTTAH MARK</span></div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><b style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></b></div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><b style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Posted Monday, October 1 2012 at 20:19</b></div>
<div style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);font-weight:bold"><br></span></div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);font-weight:bold">IN SUMMARY</span></div>
</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:6px 8px;text-align:left"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><ul style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Altech of South Africa, which owns 60.8 per cent stake, says it needs new capital to shore up its Kenyan business that is facing stiff competition from rivals Wananchi Telecoms, AccessKenya and Telkom Kenya.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">The Kenyan unit has been in losses mainly due to the loss of big contracts including the multi-million shilling contract with Safaricom last year — a move that has seen KDN along with Altech’s West Africa operations hit earnings of the parent company.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Altech has blamed its poor performance on its East African and West African units, which it has placed on auction block. It has inked an agreement to sell 75 per cent of its interest in Altech West Africa.</span></li>
</ul></div></div><div style="margin:15px 0px 20px;padding:0px;text-align:left"><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px"></p><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><p style="text-align:-webkit-auto;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px">
<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Telecoms infrastructure firm Kenya Data Networks (KDN) will sell a significant stake to a strategic investor in December to inject cash and help it recover from losses.</span></p>
</div></div></div><span style="font-family:'.HelveticaNeueUI';font-size:15px;line-height:19px;white-space:nowrap"><a href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/KDN+plans+sale+of+stake+to+recover+from+losses/-/539550/1522572/-/ohrlxk/-/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/KDN+plans+sale+of+stake+to+recover+from+losses/-/539550/1522572/-/ohrlxk/-/index.html</a></span><br>
<div><br></div><div>Regards </div><div><br></div><div>Ali Hussein</div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>+254 773/713 601113</span></div><div><br></div>Sent from my iPad</div><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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