Hi Aki I seem to have seen only parts of your previous thread on Mocality...but must have missed a chunk, seeing some of the issues raised. I'd thought of shooting a quick off the cuff reply to tackle some of the basic questions raised, but I could also tackle everything once and for all in my capacity here as country manager...or even better...get my Ultra Geek CEO, who was on tech crunch the other day to drop in a line on the entire issue...(he's been part of a similar Skunkworks like tech grouping in the UK for years...and loves to engage with techies...) So...just to make sure that we don't miss out anything...how about you just jot down the specific issues..bullet format...and we'll go about responding to every issue? Sounds fair? Then I'll respond. But here's some basic information that could help: Product: Mocality.com (short code: 2202) KE Company: MIH Internet East Africa Ltd. Parent Company: MIH Internet Africa Holding Company: Naspers Ltd. (www.naspers.com) Operating in Kenya since: Early 2009 Mocality Launch: May 2009. Current Biz model: Business Search Directory Listed Business in Nairobi: 60k+ Hope that cuts some of the basic questions down... :-) -----Original Message----- From: skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke [mailto:skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke] On Behalf Of aki Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 1:25 PM To: Skunkworks Mailing List Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Safaricom's Data Strategy On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Joshua Mwaniki -MiH IA <Joshua@mocality.com> wrote:
Joram
Conceding that Safaricom is ahead of the pack...I think the better question is 'For how long?'
Thread hijack.... @Joshua, good to see you on the list. :-) If you have a few moments to spare, would you be able to respond to my query thread on Mocality that I put up. I'm convinced that Mocality is nothing more than a data mining service which is my personal opinion but that is not the issue. Data mining is not illegal if licensed and the operations are within the license obligations eg provider such as that of the mobile content providers. Kenyan businesses are unknowingly installing a software on their handsets that picks sensitive information on location, trends etc with a company that no one know very little about. I believe this is not about a web form or a website thing where one can collect data and call it a day. The cellular data if not in secure hands, can be security threat to the ones who registered, to say the least. Obviously that is not Mocality's intent. Is Mocality Kenya a registered business and licensed by the CCK to provide mobile content services including data mining? Your response will be appreciated. Rgds. _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJx dy1fbjAwOUE&hl=en ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke ##################################################################################### Scanned by MailMarshal - M86 Security's comprehensive email content security solution. Download a free evaluation of MailMarshal at www.m86security.com #####################################################################################