<div dir="ltr">Not to mention the huge scam and subsequent failure of the innovative PostaPay product which they tried to introduce (before m-pesa!). Poor leadership, corrupt leadership and grand larceny being the root cause of failure.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Paul Roy Owino <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:roykoikai@gmail.com" target="_blank">roykoikai@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Worked on Botswana Post and I concur its a success story in the continent. Think we got weak leadership at Posta Kenya.<br>
<br>Sent from my Windows Phone<br></div></div><hr><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold">From: </span><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Brian Munyao Longwe</span><br>
<span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold">Sent: </span><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">4/22/2013 10:09 AM</span><br><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold">To: </span><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Paul Roy</span><div class="im">
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<span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold">Cc: </span><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions</span><br><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold">Subject: </span><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Re: [kictanet] Posta Kenya closes 56 outlets</span><br>
<br></div></div><div class="im"><div dir="ltr">Whata travesty and a lost opportunity. Two years ago I spent time working on a project to help Botswana Posts introduce their own mobile money product as a service. They had already (as part of their strategic plan) established partnership with Govt to handle payment of social grants (pensions, social security, welfare etc)....<br>
<br>There are many other ways of being sustainable.<br><br>Best regards,<br><br>Brian<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 5:06 AM, Ali Hussein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" target="_blank">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im"><div dir="auto"><div>Listers</div><div><br></div><div>Hidden among the statistics released by CCK is the state of Posta Kenya. </div>
<div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:'.HelveticaNeueUI';font-size:15px;line-height:19px;white-space:nowrap"><a href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Postal-Kenya-closes-56-outlets-as-business-falls/-/539550/1754446/-/ppm2vtz/-/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Postal-Kenya-closes-56-outlets-as-business-falls/-/539550/1754446/-/ppm2vtz/-/index.html</a></span></div>
<div><br></div><div><div>Yet despite the dire straits the state corporation seems to be in it still could reinvent itself. Posta is in dire need of re-inventing itself ala Deutsche Post which reverse took-over DHL and benefited from its logistics and savvy managerial skills. Is the semi-privatization of Posta Kenya imminent? Is it the only thing that can save it? Should the Government/Posta seriously look at this option? I dare say we must move poste haste (pun intended) or be confined to the fate of the US Postal Service which seems incapable of getting out of its morose state.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The article below Wikipedia gives a good background to the Deutsche Post story.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:'.HelveticaNeueUI';font-size:15px;line-height:19px;white-space:nowrap"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Post" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Post</a></span></div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">Ali Hussein</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd</span></div><div>
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