<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 21 February 2015 at 09:20, Ngigi Waithaka via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Phares,</p>
<p dir="ltr">The difference is, they compete against each other in the market and hence push the market and innovations forward.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Think of it this way, what if Telkom Kenya hadn't been broken up? There would not have been a Safaricom.</p>
<p dir="ltr">IMO, Safaricom should not be curtailed, but broken into two:<br>
1. Safaricom Telcom: Mobile Voice, Data etc Services<br>
2. Safaricom Money: Mpesa, Mshwari etc</p>
<p dir="ltr">Safaricom Money as an independent entity should then be a BFF to every Telcom local and International in Money Transfer. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Following Ali's argument, this is the company to promote and it could easily be the first Kenyan Company in Fortune 100.</p>
<p dir="ltr">But as long as its inside Safaricom where its used as a competetive tool against local competition, it will always remain a small operation internationally and with </p></blockquote><div>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^�</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">time it will stifle local creativity in Mobile Money.</p><p dir="ltr"><br></p></blockquote><div>Ngigi,</div><div><br></div><div>So, with the argument that M-Pesa and it's siblings M-Name-it is used as a competitive tool against local competition, does it not go without saying that the competition should also get their Mobile Money services outside the wings of the Telco to compete with M-Pesa on level playing field?�</div><div>I still think Dennis got this right. These other entities are just not being competitive.</div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Best regards,<br>Odhiambo WASHINGTON,<br>Nairobi,KE<br>+254733744121/+254722743223<br>"I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler."<br></div>
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