<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442989824511_4834"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442989824511_5943">hello </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442989824511_4611" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1442989824511_4610" class="">@Josiah, it will be great to have insight from direct stakeholders and players involved as them. I am sure they will have great contribution to these discussion. Also there are several companies in Kenya/Africa that deal with the financial tool and I think </span>getting information about the challenges they face in light of rolling the invention into a the dynamic/homogeneous global financial system will be key to understanding the nature of the of crypto currencies. Is anyone in the list with the fraternity to assist.</div> <br><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Tuesday, September 22, 2015 7:29 PM, Ali Hussein <ali@hussein.me.ke> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv8279166756"><div><div>Meshack</div><div id="yiv8279166756AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv8279166756AppleMailSignature">Thanks for that tutorial on crypto currencies. :-)</div><div id="yiv8279166756AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv8279166756AppleMailSignature">On remittances, the current average cost per $100 transmitted stands at between $8 - $12. More when you include the foreign exchange arbitrage component. The value of global remittances last year was north of $550 billion generating fees of over $50 billion. So definitely anything that can reduce this cost to senders and receivers will be very welcome.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div><span style=""><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span style=""><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">+254 0713 601113 / 0770906375</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>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><div><span style=""><br clear="none"></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br clear="none">On 22 Sep 2015, at 10:37 PM, meshack via kictanet <<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>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div></div></blockquote></div><div><div><div></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Hi all </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>@Ali crypto currency (bitcoin, bitpesa etc.) is some form of medium of exchange used online. Us economist would prefer calling it an online commodity that acts as a derivative for the internet economy or market. It is different from paper money in others in that it is completely decentralised unlike paper money. What It means is that most central bank acknowledge its existence but have no control or regulation over it. Some economist compare it to gold. Gold can be found in reserves of countries and yet a miner can mine it at his/her farm and derive value from it.</div><div>@Grace, crypto currency thrive in online( internet economies ). companies are coming up witj the commodity as an alternative to other mediums whose cost are much higher compared to crypto currency. Another significance is that with the growing GDP contribution of internation remittances to kenya most from expatriates; which is know the second largest contributer to the GDP, it can be a great relief to Africans by reduced cost of transferring money from abroad. ( which is at 15$ for every 100$ from the current international remittance companies.(i stand corrected). Then there is the introduction of competition in the industry.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><div style="font-size:75%;color:#575757;">Sent from Samsung Mobile</div></div></div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">-------- Original message --------<br clear="none">From: "Grace Mutung'u (Bomu)" <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:nmutungu@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:nmutungu@gmail.com">nmutungu@gmail.com</a>> <br clear="none">Date: 22/09/2015 16:29 (GMT+03:00) <br clear="none">To: meshack <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:memakunat@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:memakunat@yahoo.com">memakunat@yahoo.com</a>>,KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<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>> <br clear="none">Subject: Re: [kictanet] What is crypto currency? <br clear="none"> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr">Hi, <div>I do not know if there has been specific discussion on crypto currency but general discussions about inventions aided or through the Internet have been discussed. Would be interesting to know whether/how crypto currency can be useful for our development as well as challenges we would face. </div><div>Regards, </div></div><div class="yiv8279166756gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv8279166756gmail_quote">2015-09-22 16:10 GMT+03:00 meshack 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>:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv8279166756gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div><div></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Dear all</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I would like to request for a discussion around crypto currency. What role does the IGF play in the development and advancement of the invention? Are there any initiatives that have been made so far to1.) Understand the invention 2.) Establish governance and control.?</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Regards</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Meshack</div><div><div style="font-size:75%;color:#575757;">Sent from Samsung Mobile</div></div></div></div><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">
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