<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Walu</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Thank you for keeping this conversation going.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">This in my humble opinion is where Safaricom scores a D- for me.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">There has been alot of (albeit unsubstantiated) complaints from the Startup Ecosystem of how difficult it is to work with Safaricom when it comes to:-</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">1. APIs and Integrations with other players especially when it comes to MPesa. There are even cases where people have claimed that Safaricom has acted like a Big Bully. Again unsubstantiated. This is obviously a case of where Safaricom needs to be very cognizant of the role they play in uplifting the Innovation Ecosystem in Kenya and Africa.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="http://www.coindesk.com/safaricom-and-bitpesa/">Did Safaricom hound BitPesa out of Kenya?</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">2. Its an accepted fact that working with the MPesa API is not a walk in the park. They need to be take a CrowdSourcing Approach to this. To be fair this has improved tremendously in the last few months. However, I believe there's room for improvement.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">3. Regulation. Its a fact of business today that Regulation and Compliance can be a major hindrance to innovation. A case in point is the burgeoning FinTech Space in Nairobi. How can Safaricom help startups navigate this area?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">4. What is the long term strategy for MPesa? </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><img src="http://t.sidekickopen16.com/e1t/o/5/f18dQhb0S7ks8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9gXrN7sKj6v4LNdFMd_KMKRbM7xW4Wzv6P2zlZNzW26tGP91k1H6H0?si=6190904865718272&pi=b587af61-1728-46af-bd49-877886699c97" style="display:none!important" height="1" width="1"><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Ali
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 6:29 PM, Walubengo J 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:16px"><div id="m_1497495137645279725yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486553111675_42570"><span>We have 6hrs to go before end of day.</span></div><div id="m_1497495137645279725yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486553111675_42570"><span><br></span></div><div id="m_1497495137645279725yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486553111675_42570">Just a reminder for those with questions to do so before tomorrow. Tomorrow we start on Infrastructure and Universal access issues.</div><div id="m_1497495137645279725yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486553111675_42570"><br></div><div id="m_1497495137645279725yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486553111675_42570">walu.</div><div class="m_1497495137645279725qtdSeparateBR" id="m_1497495137645279725yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486553111675_42571"><br><br></div><div class="m_1497495137645279725yahoo_quoted" id="m_1497495137645279725yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486553111675_42607" style="display:block"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" id="m_1497495137645279725yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486553111675_42606"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" id="m_1497495137645279725yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486553111675_42605"> <div dir="ltr" id="m_1497495137645279725yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486553111675_42604"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="m_1497495137645279725yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486553111675_42608"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Walubengo J <<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" target="_blank">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> <br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> "<a href="mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke" target="_blank">skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke</a>" <<a href="mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke" target="_blank">skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, February 8, 2017 8:11 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Day 3 of 6 (Wednesday) :-Innovators, Innovations & Suppliers<br> </font> </div> <div class="m_1497495137645279725y_msg_container" id="m_1497495137645279725yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486553111675_42609"><br><div id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026"><div id="m_1497495137645279725yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486553111675_42611"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" id="m_1497495137645279725yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486553111675_42610"><div id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56176">Morning Listers,</div><div id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56176"><br></div><div id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56176">As usual, feel free to do belated questions for Safaricom on previous thematic areas. However, today we want to move onto Day 3 Theme - Innovators, Innovations & Suppliers. I have copied in the innovators on Skunkworks and hope to hear their views as well.</div><div id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56176"><br></div><div id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56176">So straight into the theme:</div><div id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56176"><br></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56290"><span lang="EN-US" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56291">Safaricom has been quite innovative and
keeps coming up with new ways of doing things. As an innovator/developer/supplier, please tell us your experiences with regard to Safaricom Innovation as well as their
procurement ecosystem.</span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56293"><span lang="EN-US" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56294"> </span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56296"><span lang="EN-US" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56297">a) Is their development platform and application
programmable interface (API) sufficiently open?</span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56299"><span lang="EN-US" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56300">b) Are the issues to do with
Intellectual property /Patents/Procurement clear and adequate?</span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56302"><span lang="EN-US" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56303">c) Whereas the gain-sharing agreements
are private and confidential, how can they be made better?</span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56305"><span lang="EN-US" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56306">d) What is Safcom take on
Bitcoin/Blockchain technologies?</span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56305"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56305"><span lang="EN-US" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56440">Lets hear your views, experiences and proposals.</span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56305"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56305"><span lang="EN-US" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56446">We have only one day on this.</span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56305"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56305"><span lang="EN-US">walu.</span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56524"><span lang="EN-US">----List of Themes---</span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56524"><span lang="EN-US" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56525">1. Consumer Issues Day, </span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56527"><span lang="EN-US" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56528">2. Competition Issues Day, </span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56530"><span lang="EN-US" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56531">3. Innovators, Innovations &
Suppliers Day, </span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56533"><span lang="EN-US" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56534">4. Infrastructure & Universal Access
Day, </span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56305"><span lang="EN-US">
</span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" dir="ltr" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56536"><span lang="EN-US" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56537">5. Technology & Elections Day </span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56305"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56305"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></div><div id="m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56176">
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