<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424786369428_7706" dir="ltr"><font style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424786369428_7711" face="Arial" size="2"><b style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424786369428_7720"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424786369428_7719" style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote<br></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424786369428_7727" dir="ltr">@Walu, I agree with your assertions and you seem to straddling the fence :) not sure what should be done..:) </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424786369428_7676">---</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424786369428_7841" dir="ltr">@Ali,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424786369428_7843" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424786369428_7845" dir="ltr">I actually know what needs to be done. I just did not want to say it because we pay the DG and the CS good money to figure it out :-)</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424786369428_7847" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424786369428_7897" dir="ltr">walu.<br><span></span></div><br> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424786369428_7709" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424786369428_7708" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424786369428_7707" dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424786369428_7711" face="Arial" size="2"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424786369428_7720"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424786369428_7719" style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> jwalu@yahoo.com <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> ISOC Kenya Chapter <isoc@lists.my.co.ke>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, February 24, 2015 3:54 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] [isoc_ke] For those who think Safaricom is Dominant - Think Again..<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424786369428_7765" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv5102280148"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424786369428_7764"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424786369428_7775">@Mwendwa</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424786369428_7763"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424786369428_7767">My point is that Mpesa represents the whole innovation landscape in Kenya. There are other products/services that have global appeal. Kenyan made or at least Kenyan bred. The principle is that we MUST develop strong champions that can be global players - Free Markets be damned..</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424786369428_7769"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424786369428_7771">@Walu</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I agree with your assertions and you seem to straddling the fence :) not sure what should be done..:) Actually by default Mpesa has already been spinned off Safaricom. So that's a Fait Accompli.</div><div><br clear="none"><div><span style=""><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">+254 770 906375 / 0713 601113</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><br clear="none"></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></div><span style=""><font></font></span><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="">Skype: abu-jomo</span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="">LinkedIn: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim"><span style="text-decoration:none;"></span></a></span></div><span style=""><font></font></span><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"></div><font><span style="">Blog: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.alyhussein.com/">www.alyhussein.com</a></span><br clear="none"></font></div><div><span style=""><br clear="none"></span></div><div>"I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein</div><div><span style=""><br clear="none"></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv5102280148yqt5774927112" id="yiv5102280148yqt69211"><div><br clear="none">On Feb 24, 2015, at 3:45 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="yiv5102280148gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv5102280148gmail_quote">On 24 February 2015 at 15:03, Ali Hussein via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv5102280148gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="">My other point is that the regulatory environment needs to take into consideration the global environment. Mpesa must be allowed space to grow beyond Kenya. Mpesa here means any Kenyan product. We must emulate Japan & other Asian Giants. Policy and regulation must as a matter of course favor local companies. I make no apologies for this last point - Free markets are a dream perpetuated by foreign interests with the end game of dominance.</span></div><span></span><ul style="margin:5px 35px 5px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;"></ul></blockquote></div><br clear="none">Ali, the tragedy is Vodafone pulled the rug from under our feet. They saw the value of MPESA long ago and patented it, thus licensing it to Sub Saharan Africa and Southern Asian countries. Thus it's not possible for Safaricom to grow the MPESA brand beyond our borders. That is what Vodafone has been doing all along.<br clear="none"><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">______________________<br clear="none">Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya<br clear="none"><br clear="none">"There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime." - Maxwell Anderson<br clear="none"><div><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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