Thing is, this doesn't happen in other countries, why? Comcast in the States has a monopoly on cable and internet, yet you never hear people saying, "what if comcast does the same thing?" Techies in States just do their thing. In Kenya, this crippling fear of Safaricom is just unfounded. Despite them having so few successes, people still fear them so. Let's list their ventures outside voice, data, SMS and MPESA(Core business) provision over the past few years: Kenya Live concerts - Success Skiza - Success Sakata Ball tournament - Success MPESA bill payments - Success Wezesha laptop initiative - Not aware Safaricom Live portal - Fail Kenya Live portal - Fail Kipokezi email - Fail Safaricom iDJ - Fail Semeni group messaging - Fail Voice-to-SMS - Fail MMS - Fail DSTV Mobile - Fail Safaricom classifieds - Fail Safaricom e-learning - Fail MPESA m-commerce integration - Fail Safaricom m-ticketing - Fail Safaricom MXit collaboration - Fail On 8/10/2011 10:59 AM, Okechukwu wrote:
They make 18billion in just 1 year, who in Kenya have you heard who makes that much? This is a good enough reason for anyone with any idea to worry.
./Ok3ch
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Webmaster<webmaster@kenyanlyrics.com> wrote:
I have been pitching my latest idea to people, and the question I get asked the most is "what if Safaricom do the same thing?"
What is with this fear of Safaricom all the time from developers and investors? Kwani what have Safaricom done to be so feared? Their successes outside their core voice& SMS business are countable on one hand!
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