FYI .. The people behind it http://www.sagentia.com/resources/case-studies/2012/m-pesa.aspx On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Moses <mosenetk@gmail.com> wrote:
Isn't Safaricom only using Mpesa under license from the owners?
On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva < Kivuva@transworldafrica.com> wrote:
I'm surprised the community still thinks MPESA is a Safaricom or Kenyan thing. Safaricom is just a licensee like it has been licensed in South Africa, TZ, India, e.t.c
On 11/05/2014, Kennedy Kairu Kariuki <kkairu@gmail.com> wrote:
@Isaac, it's vodafone through Vodacom TZ
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On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Isaac Kiplagat <isaac.kiplagat@gmail.com>wrote:
Mpesa wakala is in TZ. But not for vodafone. I see they closely following what safcom On May 11, 2014 12:40 PM, "John K." <kamau.john@gmail.com> wrote:
Indeed, m-pesa is way over-hyphed, but it's still the most advanced. I would think that it would be easier for a company (fb or not), to just port over all of the existing tech that works here already (lipa-na-mpesa, pay bill etc) over to another country instead of developing a new one.
On 10 May 2014 17:36, Jangita Nyagudi <jangita.nyagudi@gmail.com> wrote:
By the way, before they come to Kenya the top 20 numbers as of GSMA (2011) were
China Mobile 650m SingTel (Singapore) 416m Voda (UK) - 381m Americal Mobvile (Mexico) 236m Telefonica (Spain) 230m Airtel (India) 227m Orange (France) 217m Telenor (Norway) 203m VimpelCom (Russia) 193m China Union 170m Telia (Sweden) 160m Axiata (Malaysia) 159m Reliance (India) 144m Saudi Telcom 139m MTN South Africa 137m Etisalat (UAE) 135m TMobile (Germany) 128m Verizon 106m MTS (Russia) 103m AT &T USA 100m
And I'm sure their mobile wallets hold more subscribers than ours, maybe not as hyped...
On 10 May 2014 17:09, George Irungu <g.irungu@logicalcrest.co.ke> wrote:
Not because its Kenya but because 20Million subscribers ain't nearly as many as a billion.
-George
> From: jangita.nyagudi@gmail.com > Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 14:51:55 +0300 > To: skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke > Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Should Facebook buy Mpesa?
> > I don't think they could because this is Kenya :) > > On 10 May 2014 14:18, John K. <kamau.john@gmail.com> wrote: > > Just read this article talking about Facebook's push into getting a > > piece of > > the action in mobile payments. Which got me thinking, why don't > > they > > just > > buy Mpesa from Vodacom and Safaricom? and if they do, what would happen? > > > > I'm curious on what the effect would be on Mpesa if they did buy it out, > > or > > if they couldn't, the obstacles that would prevent them from acquiring > > it, > > legal or ortherwise. They did just spend a ton on whatsapp, money really > > isn't a problem for them! > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > skunkworks mailing list > > skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke > > ------------ > > List info, subscribe/unsubscribe > > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > > ------------ > > > > Skunkworks Rules > > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > > ------------ > > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > _______________________________________________ > skunkworks mailing list > skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke > ------------ > List info, subscribe/unsubscribe > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > ------------ > > Skunkworks Rules > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > ------------ > Other services @ http://my.co.ke
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