I don't see why it must be restricted to MPesa. All the telcos have or are developing payment technologies. In any case, there's always the route of asking end users to send an SMS to a premium rate number and get payment that way. Let getting the actual payment be the telco's problem. On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Phares Kariuki <pkariuki@gmail.com> wrote:
I have a friend working on such an enterprise. M-Pesa is the payment platform for now, so it basically locks the deal to safcom :(
On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com> wrote:
Here's a thought.
Most Kenyans labour under the mistaken impression that to succeed you have to do it using the one-big-deal-that-sorts-you-out-for-life.
Not true.
I wonder if Safaricom, Orange, Zain & Yu would consider setting up application portals -- something like the apple app store. Local developers would submit applications that would be vetted and if approved, availed on the portals for download to their customers. There would then be revenue share between developers and the telcos. Everyone wins. Jobs created. Innovation fostered. Telcos make money.
Pipe dream?