<p dir="ltr">What is socio-entreprenuership? I fail to see how Jambo pay fits into the traditional definition.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 25 Aug 2016 08:19, "Peter Wakaba via kictanet" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Ebele, <br><br>From a personal perspective:<br><br></div><b>Jambo Pay: <a href="https://www.jambopay.com/" target="_blank">https://www.jambopay.com/</a></b><br><br><span><em>JamboPay</em> is an online payment gateway in Kenya and Africa - I can pay those annoying monthly bill without having to queue (convenience and electronic record)<br><br><br></span></div><span><b>Mo-de : <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/mode---mobile-decisioning-holding-ltd" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/<wbr>company/mode---mobile-<wbr>decisioning-holding-ltd</a></b><br><br></span>Based in Nairobi, Kenya, <a href="http://www.mo-de.co/" target="_blank">MoDe</a> provides
instant nano-credit for pre-paid mobile phone users across Africa.
The company MoDe gives loans of between $0.06 and $22 to mobile phone
users, initially in the form of airtime, but have since moved onto a lot
more in terms of facilities or utilities such as electricity bills,
water bills and television subscriptions, nano insurance, etc. (micro loans for a phone call are a big deal in Kenya)<br><br><br></div><b>and a little know company known as the Interest rates Advisory Center</b>: <a href="http://www.irac.co.ke/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.irac.co.ke</a><br><br>IRAC is the home of independent, objective and confidential :<br> <br> 1.Finance Cost Assurance Services (Overdraft Interest Confir<span>mation) for Corporates.<br> 2. Interest Recalculation of Mortgages, Business and Personal Loans. <br> 3.Interest Recalculation for all interest-earning accounts<br> 4. In Duplum Check and Monitoring Services<br><br></span></div><span>They have been fighting the interest rates war for Kenyans for over a decade now.<br></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 12:14 AM, Erick Mwangi via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">There is a company based in Kenya now with an office in UK that is doing amazing things.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.vaultglobal.co.uk" target="_blank">www.vaultglobal.co.uk</a></p>
<p dir="ltr">Check them out - also see the link below</p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Kenya-hires-UK-experts-to-coach-and-mentor-innovators/1248928-3336436-item-1-mf7cysz/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.businessdailyafrica<wbr>.com/Kenya-hires-UK-experts-<wbr>to-coach-and-mentor-<wbr>innovators/1248928-3336436-<wbr>item-1-mf7cysz/index.html</a></p>
<p dir="ltr">Regards,</p>
<p dir="ltr">Eric </p>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On 24 Aug 2016 13:03, "Ebele Okobi via kictanet" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div>
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<div>Question-I'd love to hear from any and all. Which born and bred in Kenya social enterprises do you think are doing the most interesting, innovative and most impactful work? Which are under appreciated gems?</div>
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