<div dir="ltr">I would think this may be a blessing in disguise for BitPesa. The lower transaction fees on Airtel Money is a better incentive for people to join in and use BitPesa without having the elephant in the room: Withdrawal and Deposit charges.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 9:56 AM, meshack emakunat 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"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:10px"><div dir="ltr"><font size="5" face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif">HI</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="5" face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="5" face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif">That great news, sometimes we may be too arrogant to learn from history...yet history can be the best guide for the future. if it is so then airtel may have taken history seriously and want to progress with what the market demands. remember "Kencel" then "Celtel" then "Zain" then "Airtel". remember the kencel scratchcards for 250 kshs yet safcom had 50 kshs scratchcard, 100 kshs kencel scratchcard yet safcom had 20 kshs scratchcard</font></div> <div><br><br></div><div 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><div class="h5"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Wednesday, January 6, 2016 7:04 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> </div></div><div><div><div class="h5"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">Barrack</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">LOL! Just love that analogy..basically yes. And we know what that means...:-)</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><font size="2" face="georgia, serif">Ali
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<br clear="none"><div><div>On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 12:31 PM, Barrack Otieno <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com" target="_blank">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Ali,<br clear="none">
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What does that mean Legally? Its like operating a gadget that has not<br clear="none">
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> Interesting development. Details are scant at the moment but if this is<br clear="none">
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