I don&#39;t see why it must be restricted to MPesa. All the telcos have or are developing payment technologies. In any case, there&#39;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&#39;s problem.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Phares Kariuki <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:pkariuki@gmail.com">pkariuki@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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 :(<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Rad! <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:conradakunga@gmail.com" target="_blank">conradakunga@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>


</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div></div><div class="h5"><div>Here&#39;s a thought.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
Not true.<br>
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I wonder if Safaricom, Orange, Zain &amp; 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.<br>
<br>
Pipe dream?<br></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div><br>