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
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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
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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>>> >> 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?
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
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