Hi<br><br>She commented and said this about her artice.. <br><br><p>&quot;<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Hello Mauri Yambo,</span></p>
<p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Thanks for your comment. M-PESA fan is right. I never meant to
discredit the role of Safaricom, and there is no way that the pilot
would have gone live without their support. However, they were not the
key drivers during the conceptualization and design stage. This is
where Sagentia and Vodafone played a vital role. </p>
<p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">But Safaricom did have an important role to play in the growth of
M-PESA, albeit at a later stage. After a dedicated team was assigned at
launch, Safaricom really invested time and energy into the growth of
M-PESA. They cultivated a brilliant marketing campaign (send money
home) and worked on growing the partnership base (paynet, unchumi) .
However, i want to emphasize again that it was not until launch that
Safaricom became the key driver in the development of M-PESA. </p>
<p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Also, the DFID grant was not given to Safaricom. It was given to
Nick Hughes of Vodafone. He then made contact with Safaricom to
initiate the pilot.</p>
<p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Many thanks for the feedback.&quot;</p><p><br></p><p>Regards <br></p><p>Patrick Karanja <br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><br>