<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Wangari </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">You have raised an important point.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Permission Marketing is becoming a critical issue in the era of more awareness on privacy. Most major companies have clauses in their Terms and Conditions that specifically state that they can market to you products and services from partners. I suspect this is the clause they are using to market the M-Akiba product.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">It's important for companies to differentiate between spam and a genuine marketing message. The problem with that is that its a very thin line. In the era of Mass Customization and Targeting its super lazy (and detrimental to their brands) for Telcos to just send out an email/SMS blast. </div><img src="http://t.sidekickopen16.com/e1t/o/5/f18dQhb0S7ks8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9gXrN7sKj6v4LNdFMd_KMKRbM7xW4Wzv6P2zlZNzW26tGP91k1H6H0?si=6190904865718272&pi=65ad4309-760c-4bf5-fba6-57b0a9ae95b4" 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 Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 3:18 PM, WANGARI KABIRU 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:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px"><div id="m_5224819362821395882yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501155744626_52534">Could someone explain how recently messages were received on the wonderful product M-AKIBA by mobile phone holders - as an SMS invitation to signup to this product listed for subscription not via the traditional stock broker but via telcos; part of why it is lauded a digital innovation<br></div><div id="m_5224819362821395882yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501155744626_52536"><br></div><div id="m_5224819362821395882yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501155744626_53216">Where did the telephone numbers come from? Did the subscribers consent or subscribe somewhere to be receiving messages? Should subscribers expect more random messages and products/services this way?<br></div><div id="m_5224819362821395882yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501155744626_53214"><br></div><div id="m_5224819362821395882yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501155744626_53097">I ask this because there might be an opportunity for the young budding entrepreneurs to get their wonderful products/services broadcasted to the masses.</div><div id="m_5224819362821395882yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501155744626_52737"><br></div><div id="m_5224819362821395882yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501155744626_52495">Blessed day.</div><div id="m_5224819362821395882yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501155744626_52520"><br></div><div id="m_5224819362821395882yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501155744626_52521">Regards/Wangari<br></div><div id="m_5224819362821395882yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501155744626_52492"><span id="m_5224819362821395882yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501155744626_52532"></span></div><div id="m_5224819362821395882yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501155744626_52494"> </div><div class="m_5224819362821395882signature">---<br><font style="font-weight:bold;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="color:rgb(127,0,63)">Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - </span><span style="color:rgb(127,0,63)">"Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth".</span></font><br></div> <div class="m_5224819362821395882qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="m_5224819362821395882yahoo_quoted" style="display:block"> <div style="font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,Sans-Serif;font-size:16px"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Saturday, 22 July 2017, 10:20, K Machuhi via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="m_5224819362821395882y_msg_container"><div id="m_5224819362821395882yiv7873310350"><div><div dir="ltr">The commentary response to the article by Kiringai kamau articulates the needed paradigm shift in data. Safaricom etc are providing consumer services which we willingly subscribe to. Collection of data is incidental part of that service delivery process.</div>
<div dir="ltr">Individuals own their data. Where are the famed developers to make a personal data repository app? One could even make money selling personal data to Bobby and others in data science vocations.</div>
<div dir="ltr">As for civic data, as long as tax money was involved in its collection....there should and will be a framework of obtaining that data. Bureau of statistics website has quite some data gems but one needs 7th sense to navigate and obtain the data..e.g. the 2009 census data.</div>
<div class="m_5224819362821395882yiv7873310350gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="m_5224819362821395882yiv7873310350gmail_quote">On 21 Jul 2017 09:12, "Walubengo J via kictanet" <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a> > wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="m_5224819362821395882yiv7873310350gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="m_5224819362821395882yiv7873310350yqt6841220642" id="m_5224819362821395882yiv7873310350yqt13576"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="m_5224819362821395882yiv7873310350m_4530777266787319106yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500538143058_148606">Let me start with a disclaimer :-)</div><div id="m_5224819362821395882yiv7873310350m_4530777266787319106yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500538143058_148606"><br clear="none"></div><div id="m_5224819362821395882yiv7873310350m_4530777266787319106yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500538143058_148606">This post is not from me but one Robert Yawe,</div><div id="m_5224819362821395882yiv7873310350m_4530777266787319106yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500538143058_148606"><br id="m_5224819362821395882yiv7873310350m_4530777266787319106yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500538143058_149619" clear="none"></div><div id="m_5224819362821395882yiv7873310350m_4530777266787319106yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500538143058_148606">Have a read.</div><div class="m_5224819362821395882yiv7873310350m_4530777266787319106qtdSeparateBR" dir="ltr" id="m_5224819362821395882yiv7873310350m_4530777266787319106yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500538143058_148607"><font color="#14171a" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br clear="none"></span></font></div><div class="m_5224819362821395882yiv7873310350m_4530777266787319106qtdSeparateBR" dir="ltr" id="m_5224819362821395882yiv7873310350m_4530777266787319106yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500538143058_148607"><font id="m_5224819362821395882yiv7873310350m_4530777266787319106yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500538143058_148949" color="#14171a" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span id="m_5224819362821395882yiv7873310350m_4530777266787319106yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500538143058_148947" style="font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" id="m_5224819362821395882yiv7873310350m_4530777266787319106yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500538143058_148948" href="https://www.cio.co.ke/featured/is-safaricom-sincere-on-innovation/" target="_blank">https://www.cio.co.ke/ featured/is-safaricom-sincere- on-innovation/</a></span></font></div><div class="m_5224819362821395882yiv7873310350m_4530777266787319106qtdSeparateBR" dir="ltr" id="m_5224819362821395882yiv7873310350m_4530777266787319106yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500538143058_148607"><font color="#14171a" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br clear="none"></span></font></div><div class="m_5224819362821395882yiv7873310350m_4530777266787319106qtdSeparateBR" dir="ltr" id="m_5224819362821395882yiv7873310350m_4530777266787319106yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500538143058_148607"><font color="#14171a" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">walu.<br clear="none"></span></font></div></div></div></div><br clear="none">______________________________ _________________<br clear="none">
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