Thanks Steve, and Joyce for your submissions. First, I agree with Steve. Please give us a clarification. Secondly, am impressed. I didn't know about this site before. I'll need more information on this. Please get in touch with me offlist. Albert www.albertmucunguzi.com From: Steve Obbayi Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 4:58 PM To: Skunkworks Mailing List Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] E-commerce in Kenya -Kalahari.co.ke @Joyce, You've said all this about kalahari.co.ke including offering millions of books, music DVD's etc.... really???? In short you havent answered the question on whether you have the critical mass from Kenya or East Africa for that matter.... Just want clarification. So! Do you actually move these "millions of products a Quarter, let alone a month"? Steve Obbayi SKYPE: sobbayi http://sobbayi.com http://blog.sobbayi.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce Lukwiya" <lukwiyajoyce@gmail.com> To: "Skunkworks Mailing List" <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 9:48:35 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] E-commerce in Kenya -Kalahari.co.ke Hi John, I believe you have not heard of Kalahari.co.ke. Kalahari.co.ke is a leading online retailer, offering millions of books, music, DVDs, games and more at the click of a mouse. With top-selling products, local payment options which include M-PESA , door-to-door delivery, wish list facilities, vouchers, and free gift-wrapping, kalahari.co.ke offers convenient shopping! We are giving irresistable discount on all our shop categories. Log on to www.kalahari.co.ke and check it out for yourself. Joyce Lukwiya Online Shop Manager Kalahari On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:30 PM, John Maina <mwasjunior@gmail.com> wrote: I used to hypothesis that the reason we don't have a vibrant e-commerce infrastructure in Kenya was the lack of payment solutions and lack of "critical mass" of people online..These two problems have been solved yet we still have nothing on the ground. So my question to y'all experts is what is hindering e-commerce in Kenya? John _______________________________________________ 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-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1f... ------------ 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 http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1f... ------------ 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 http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1f... ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke