<div dir="ltr">I think there needs to be a balance between regulating against abusive monopolies and making sure companies are well enough capitalized to implement best practices.<div><br></div><div style>AccessKenya, after the acquisition, will not be a monopoly in most markets in the country AFAIK and I'm pretty sure the regulators are strong enough to prevent abuse. Private lines are old fashioned and what I imagine Dimension Data is thinking is that they can leverage legacy cash flow and use the parent company's access to capital to invest in higher level products to upsell to the existing customers.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>I think more foreign investors with access to cheap capital will be doing exactly the same thing over the coming years.</div><div style><br></div><div style>-Adam</div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 8:58 AM, Ali Hussein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" target="_blank">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="auto"><div>Indeed Tejpal. I agree with you - To an extent.</div><div><br></div><div>There needs to be more vigilance from a regulatory perspective to stop anti-competitive practices taking root. A balance of sorts is critical to ensure that we don't go back to price fixing and other monopolistic tendencies. </div>
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<div><br></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On May 7, 2013, at 8:00 AM, Tejpal Bedi <<a href="mailto:tej@bedi.bz" target="_blank">tej@bedi.bz</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite">
<div><div dir="ltr">Good move for all, consolidation is inevitable in this industry. Great Confidence for Kenya on Foreign Direct Investment..a boost for the new Government..</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On 6 May 2013 16:50, Phares Kariuki <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pkariuki@gmail.com" target="_blank">pkariuki@gmail.com</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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Dimension Data will be paying 3.04B KES for Access Kenya…
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<br></div><div>Great exit for all involved, I think… </div><span><font color="#888888">
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