<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi Walu,<br><br></div>Before the branch closes:<br><br></div>1. Does Safaricom support the TIVET Program or any Village Polytechnics which train most of our Crafts Men upcountry?, would be keen to know what kind of support they extend to this Village Innovation Centres.<br><br></div>Best Regards<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 8:10 PM, Ali Hussein 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 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/" target="_blank">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 style="display:none!important" width="1" height="1"><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_-2369029540113136386gmail_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 size="2" face="georgia, serif">Ali
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<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">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><wbr>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><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_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486553111675_42570"><span>We have 6hrs to go before end of day.</span></div><div id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486553111675_42570"><span><br></span></div><div id="m_-2369029540113136386m_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_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486553111675_42570"><br></div><div id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486553111675_42570">walu.</div><div class="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725qtdSeparateBR" id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486553111675_42571"><br><br></div><div class="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yahoo_quoted" id="m_-2369029540113136386m_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_-2369029540113136386m_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_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486553111675_42605"> <div dir="ltr" id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486553111675_42604"> <font id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486553111675_42608" size="2" face="Arial"> <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_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725y_msg_container" id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486553111675_42609"><br><div id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026"><div id="m_-2369029540113136386m_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_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486553111675_42610"><div id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56176">Morning Listers,</div><div id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56176"><br></div><div id="m_-2369029540113136386m_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_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56176"><br></div><div id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56176">So straight into the theme:</div><div id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56176"><br></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56290"><span id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56291" lang="EN-US">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_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56293"><span id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56294" lang="EN-US"> </span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56296"><span id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56297" lang="EN-US">a) Is their development platform and application
programmable interface (API) sufficiently open?</span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56299"><span id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56300" lang="EN-US">b) Are the issues to do with
Intellectual property /Patents/Procurement clear and adequate?</span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56302"><span id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56303" lang="EN-US">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_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56305"><span id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56306" lang="EN-US">d) What is Safcom take on
Bitcoin/Blockchain technologies?</span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56305"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56305"><span id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56440" lang="EN-US">Lets hear your views, experiences and proposals.</span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56305"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56305"><span id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56446" lang="EN-US">We have only one day on this.</span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56305"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56305"><span lang="EN-US">walu.</span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_-2369029540113136386m_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_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56524"><span id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56525" lang="EN-US">1. Consumer Issues Day, </span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56527"><span id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56528" lang="EN-US">2. Competition Issues Day, </span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56530"><span id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56531" lang="EN-US">3. Innovators, Innovations &
Suppliers Day, </span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56533"><span id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56534" lang="EN-US">4. Infrastructure & Universal Access
Day, </span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56305"><span lang="EN-US">
</span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" dir="ltr" id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56536"><span id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56537" lang="EN-US">5. Technology & Elections Day </span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56305"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></div><div style="line-height:16.0pt" id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56305"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></div><div id="m_-2369029540113136386m_1497495137645279725yiv0359753026yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486482476355_56176">
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