<div dir="auto">Safaricom has a predictable productline. The other two are so unpredictable that customers keep away.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I once said I can profitably run Telkom Kenya based on the assets they have. They always get their marketing and branding wrong. If one ever listened to Michael Joseph, he had a lot of hints on how he turned Safaricom from number two to number one. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I keep on listening to the executives from this firm and for sure they know what they want to do to stay at the top. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">All the best to the chasing pack because they can't measure up to what safaricom is doing to stay at the top. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">~ Peter</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, 9 Apr 2018 4:54 am Ali Hussein via kictanet, <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12pt">What ails the Telco Space in Kenya? </span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12pt"><br></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12pt">1. Is this dominance talk about how strong Safaricom PLC is a self fulfilling prophecy?</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12pt">2.What really ails competition in the sector? Is it a case of real #MarketFailure, Regulatory failures or simply lack of execution from Safaricom’s competition?</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12pt">3. Is a duopoly better for the market? </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="font-size:12pt">4. What happens if the merger actually happens and it is unable to stem the red ink? I’m yet to be convinced that two donkeys will make a racing horse.</span></p><br><div id="m_7034952631688438324AppleMailSignature"><div><span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span><b>Principal</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">+254 0713 601113 </div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><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" rel="noreferrer">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span></p><font><br></font></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle</span></div><div><br></div><div><span><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 8 Apr 2018, at 1:34 PM, Job Muriuki via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><img width="0" height="0" class="m_7034952631688438324mailtrack-img" alt="" style="display:flex" src="https://mailtrack.io/trace/mail/dc9d526a5c2111dc975d98a59479f35cba8a7674.png?u=1528720"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(32,18,77)">The issue on Safaricom's unregulated dominance. It's the only way to survive. Even with the merger Safaricom will end their existence.</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#20124d"><br></div><div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 1:14 PM, Jevans Nyabiage Miyungu via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">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">Airtel is set to merge with Telkom Kenya.<div><br><div><a href="https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001276042/airtel-and-telkom-to-merge-in-a-bid-to-stem-loss-making-streak" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001276042/airtel-and-telkom-to-merge-in-a-bid-to-stem-loss-making-streak</a><span class="m_7034952631688438324HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div></div><span class="m_7034952631688438324HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Kind Regards,<br>Jevans <br>+254723362867<br><br></div><br>
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