<html><head></head><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_ym19_1_1486482476355_73013"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_73075">Hi Njoroge,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_73013"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_73013"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_73056">You raise significant points below. Am sure Safaricom is noting and will get back to use towards the end of the week.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_73013"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_73013"><span>Keep the questions flowing.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_73013"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_73013"><span>walu.</span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_73014"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_73081" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_73080"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_73079"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_73078"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_73077"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_73076"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Stephen Njoroge <njoshsn@googlemail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com>; Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, February 8, 2017 9:25 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Skunkworks] Day 3 of 6 (Wednesday) :-Innovators, Innovations & Suppliers<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_73082"><br><div id="yiv2314792666"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_73085"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_73084"><h3 class="yiv2314792666gmail-r" style="font-size:18px;font-weight:normal;margin:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-left:0px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;font-family:roboto, arial, sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_73083">Hi John and Listers </h3><div class="yiv2314792666MsoNormal">a) Is their development platform and application
programmable interface (API) sufficiently open?</div><div class="yiv2314792666MsoNormal"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2314792666MsoNormal"><br clear="none"></div>
<div class="yiv2314792666MsoNormal">NO!. compared to what is the standard with the like of
facebook to have a developers portal (<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://developers.facebook.com/">https://developers.facebook.com</a>) and Equity/Equitel
portal very easy to use (<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://developers.equitybankgroup.com/apis">https://developers.equitybankgroup.com/apis</a>)
and <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://developer.pesapal.com/">https://developer.pesapal.com/</a>
etc</div>
<div class="yiv2314792666MsoNormal">safaricom does not have this well documented and you have to make a number of
guess emails most often to the wrong department or person, Something that could
take hours ends up taking weeks and sometime months. One get the impression
that safaricom is under staffed or the staff are just ignoring your email but
it not that bad this days I was give a call account manager that is quite
helpful sometime I don’t need to email I
just call her up.. and things are done.. I think she got the job because of her
voice..</div><div class="yiv2314792666MsoNormal"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2314792666MsoNormal"><br clear="none"></div>
<div class="yiv2314792666MsoNormal">b) Are the issues to do with Intellectual property
/Patents/Procurement clear and adequate?</div>
<div class="yiv2314792666MsoNormal">Lot of grey line in this but safaricom based competition is
very clear on this outlining ownership and all..</div><div class="yiv2314792666MsoNormal"><br clear="none"></div>
<div class="yiv2314792666MsoNormal">c) Whereas the gain-sharing agreements are private and
confidential, how can they be made better? </div>
<div class="yiv2314792666MsoNormal">I think safaricom is NOT in the business of sealing ideas
but Most employees being Kenyan have a keen eye on opportunities.. other
employees have vested interest in competing
businesses and will lock you up new idea to be launched where they can eat from..
I think having applications to be view-able by more than one employee in the
business would help but I would recommend you pray very very hard if possible
fast for 40 days before sharing with this guys in private </div><div class="yiv2314792666MsoNormal"><br clear="none"></div>
<div class="yiv2314792666MsoNormal">d) What is Safcom take on Bitcoin/Blockchain technologies?</div>
<div class="yiv2314792666MsoNormal">If bitcoin gained high traction that I would be in a position
to purchase sukuma from the kibanda via bitcoin other operators would come to
raise at the expense of the home currency just as we don’t trade in gold and
gold is represented in reserve via the currency notes, we would trade in
bitcoin represented in Kenya currency.. I don’t see M-Pesa in the Picture past
the currency loading yet they want you to Lipa Na M-Pesa kokote.. but may be am
other thinking.. </div>
<div class="yiv2314792666MsoNormal">To answer the question Safaricom is more some reason against
bitcoin and has show this by not supporting bitcoin based startups </div></div><div class="yiv2314792666gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv2314792666gmail_quote">On 8 February 2017 at 08:11, Walubengo J via skunkworks <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke" target="_blank" href="mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke">skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv2314792666gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="yiv2314792666yqt0715421324" id="yiv2314792666yqt25938"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56176">Morning Listers,</div><div id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56176"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_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="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56176"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56176">So straight into the theme:</div><div id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56176"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56290" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56291" lang="EN-US" style="">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.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56293" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56294" lang="EN-US" style=""><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56296" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56297" lang="EN-US" style="">a) Is their development platform and application
programmable interface (API) sufficiently open?<u></u><u></u></span></div><div id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56299" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56300" lang="EN-US" style="">b) Are the issues to do with
Intellectual property /Patents/Procurement clear and adequate?<u></u><u></u></span></div><div id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56302" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56303" lang="EN-US" style="">c) Whereas the gain-sharing agreements
are private and confidential, how can they be made better?<u></u><u></u></span></div><div id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56305" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56306" lang="EN-US" style="">d) What is Safcom take on
Bitcoin/Blockchain technologies?<u></u><u></u></span></div><div id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56305" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style=""><br clear="none"></span></div><div id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56305" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56440" lang="EN-US" style="">Lets hear your views, experiences and proposals.</span></div><div id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56305" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style=""><br clear="none"></span></div><div id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56305" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56446" lang="EN-US" style="">We have only one day on this.</span></div><div id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56305" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style=""><br clear="none"></span></div><div id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56305" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="">walu.</span></div><div id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56524" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="">----List of Themes---</span></div><div id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56524" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56525" lang="EN-US" style="">1. Consumer Issues Day, <u></u><u></u></span></div><div id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56527" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56528" lang="EN-US" style="">2. Competition Issues Day, <u></u><u></u></span></div><div id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56530" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56531" lang="EN-US" style="">3. Innovators, Innovations &
Suppliers Day, <u></u><u></u></span></div><div id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56533" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56534" lang="EN-US" style="">4. Infrastructure & Universal Access
Day, <u></u><u></u></span></div><div id="yiv2314792666m_-7163014131048060452yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56305" style="line-height:16.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="">
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