<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">True that Barrack.<div><br></div><div>We must commend Safaricom for this while at the same time continue to engage them positively.<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature"><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">+254 0713 601113 </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a><a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></a></span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></p><font><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Blog: <a href="http://www.alyhussein.com/" target="_blank">www.alyhussein.com</a></span><br></font></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 26 Feb 2018, at 2:13 PM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Hi Ali,</span><br><span></span><br><span>I also think one of the reasons Safaricom enjoys its position is its</span><br><span>willingness to engage despite the criticism it receives, in as much as</span><br><span>we feel sorry for the other operators they hardly engage with</span><br><span>stakeholders. In short Safaricom seems to have public interest at the</span><br><span>core of its strategy which might not be the case with other local</span><br><span>Telcos or tech giants.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Best Regards</span><br><span></span><br><span>On 2/26/18, Ali Hussein via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Listers</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Here’s an interesting long read on the implications of Technology enabled</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Monopolies.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The argument for and against the thesis that only market forces can check</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>the monopolistic behaviors of the Tech Giants is well articulated in this NY</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Times article.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The argument goes like:-</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>A combination of Activists (Listers, I hope you are listening and reading</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>😀), Anti-Trust Busters, Competitors and the cautious actions of so called</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Monopolists when the spotlight hits them, is largely responsible for</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>ensuring that consumers and the markets operate honestly, responsibly and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>with the profit motive in mind.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Couldn’t help me thinking whether this combination is partly responsible for</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>the New Safaricom we are seeing today. A company that is arguably larger</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>than life in Kenya and who in the recent past has been accused of the same</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>behaviors that the Tech Giants are allegedly guilty of.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Safaricom is definitely a better company than it was just a few years</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>before. They have embraced the ecosystem, released M-Pesa APIs on Github</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>(Yes!), funds startups in the Tech Ecosystem through its Spark Fund and is</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>generally easier to work with.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Here’s an excerpt to the story:-</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The implication is clear enough: Google and the other tech titans understand</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>that the landscape is shifting. They realize that their halos have become</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>tarnished, that the arguments they once invoked as a digital exception to</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>American economic history — that the internet economy is uniquely</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>self-correcting, because competition is only a click away — no longer hold</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>as much weight. “When you get as big as Google, you become so powerful that</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>the market bends around you,” ...</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Read on:-</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/20/magazine/the-case-against-google.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/20/magazine/the-case-against-google.html</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>@Walu, we can meet half way on our arguments on this issue. :-)</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Regards</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Ali Hussein</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Principal</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hussein & Associates</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>+254 0713 601113</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Twitter: @AliHKassim</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Skype: abu-jomo</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>habit." ~ Aristotle</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sent from my iPad</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>-- </span><br><span>Barrack O. 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