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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>So the possibility of mpesa becoming a bank is growing closer</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">Grace Githaiga via kictanet</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, February 23, 2017 1:28 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:awatila@yahoo.co.uk">awatila@yahoo.co.uk</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:ggithaiga@kictanet.or.ke">Grace Githaiga</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[kictanet] Safaricom faces M-Pesa break up in market dominance war</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>As the draft Dominance report undergoes internal review at CA, Jaindi Kisero continues to provide some snapshots.<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>"Telecoms operator Safaricom could be forced to hive off its popular mobile money service M-Pesa if sector regulator, the CA, moves to implement recommendations of a market dominance report.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Separating the highly profitable mobile money service from Safaricom’s core telecoms business – commonly referred to as functional separation - is the gist of a raft of recommendations that international consultants<br>- Analysys Mason - have made in a yet-to be published reportseen by the Business Daily."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br>More details: http://www.nation.co.ke/business/Safaricom-faces-M-Pesa-break-up-in-market-dominance-war-/996-3824618-vdv5gw/index.html<br><br><br><br>Best regards<br><br><br>Githaiga, Grace<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Co-Convenor<br>Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet)<br>Twitter:@ggithaiga<br>Tel: 254722701495<br>Skype: gracegithaiga<br>Alternate email: ggithaiga@hotmail.com<br>Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga<br>www.kictanet.or.ke<br><br>"Change only happens when ordinary people get involved, get engaged and come together to demand it. I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change – but in yours"---Barrack Obama.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>