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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I totally agree with Wash. They out
rightly ignore Kenyans when they take up a local business even
before they learn the Kenyan way of doing business. They also
bring in expatriates/South Africans who are trained by locals and
then takes over their job and are paid even five times what locals
were earning. Their model is just wrong and you can look at their
history even in financial services sector. I have interacted with
them before and if you ask me when you see them come through the
door jump out through the window.<br>
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On 10/2/2012 9:03 PM, Odhiambo Washington wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CAAdA2WM-jAEp-wOV-wav7HP89OhEXwEVyT_+droOnRHPsHFvag@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">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>
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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>
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I can only say "good riddance" KDN! Whoever invests their money in
KDN must eject the South Africans in order to survive.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 8:00 PM, Mark
Mwangi <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:mwangy@gmail.com" target="_blank">mwangy@gmail.com</a>></span>
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.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">They should
sell to wananchi group. More capacity for the home users. <br>
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On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 6:18 PM, Ali Hussein <span
dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" target="_blank">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>></span>
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<div>Listers</div>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<div style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><span
style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);font-weight:bold">IN
SUMMARY</span></div>
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8px;text-align:left">
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<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>
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20px;padding:0px;text-align:left">
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<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>
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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>
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<div>Regards </div>
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<div>Ali Hussein</div>
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<div><span>+254 773/713 601113</span></div>
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