<div>Edith,<br></div><div><br></div><div>I agree the cost is a bit high. That is personally why I myself have not used their service.</div><div><br></div><div>Personally, I doubt if Safaricom would introduce a service like this. I feel it is up to the community to create this service and make it feasible.</div>
<div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 5:40 PM, Edith Adera <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eadera@idrc.ca" target="_blank">eadera@idrc.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I’ve checked their service, it’s done at a huge premium of 35% cost!! and no guarantee that money will be sent to me unless they have proven reputation.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Safaricom should tell us if they have anything in the works?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> kictanet [mailto:<a href="mailto:kictanet-bounces%2Beadera" target="_blank">kictanet-bounces+eadera</a>=<a href="mailto:idrc.ca@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">idrc.ca@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Brian Ngure<br>
<b>Sent:</b> March 12, 2013 5:25 PM</span></p><div class="im"><br>
<b>To:</b> Edith Adera<br>
<b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Safaricom</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">There is a company that does this: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Peoples-Market-Kenya-PMK/358014810880759" target="_blank">
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Peoples-Market-Kenya-PMK/358014810880759</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">See also this thread: <a href="http://www.kenyaplex.com/discussionforum/12438-transferring-money-from-airtime-to-mpesa.aspx" target="_blank">
http://www.kenyaplex.com/discussionforum/12438-transferring-money-from-airtime-to-mpesa.aspx</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 5:05 PM, Odhiambo Washington <<a href="mailto:odhiambo@gmail.com" target="_blank">odhiambo@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 12 March 2013 16:20, Edith Adera <<a href="mailto:eadera@idrc.ca" target="_blank">eadera@idrc.ca</a>> wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It just occurred to me to ask if anyone knows whether you can convert airtime to mpesa money and effect a transfer via mpesa?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If not, has Safaricom thought of this innovation?</p>
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A previous discussion by techies somehow came to a consensus that it is close to impossible/untenable:<br>
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<a href="http://orion.my.co.ke/pipermail/skunkworks/2012-September/070111.html" target="_blank">http://orion.my.co.ke/pipermail/skunkworks/2012-September/070111.html</a>
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