Sagentia (was later bought out by IBM) just developed the current platform which will be phased out in a Year. The License for mobile money is by Vodafone, Safaricom pays for the license but runs it via the brand name MPESA. .......FB buying MPESA, that wont happen any time soon!! 


On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 10:17 AM, Brian Echesa <bechesa@gmail.com> wrote:
FYI .. The people behind it

http://www.sagentia.com/resources/case-studies/2012/m-pesa.aspx


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

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
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >> 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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