On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Mbugua Njihia <mbugua@symbiotic.co.ke>wrote:
Musical chairs at Dealfish and Inmobi operations - http://bit.ly/uDlHpo*** *
The emails and calls from South Africa based head hunters have done their rounds and it is now confirmed that Dealfish will be getting a new regional lead as Moses Kemibaro {who is the current Country Manager} heads of to a new role at Inmobi. As mentioned the Dealfish role will be regional looking at holistic e and m commerce. Dealfish has grown to be the leading classifieds service locally and the challenge as Moses exists remains how they will monetize, a challenge the new chap will have to contend with. Word is there’s something in the offing come December from the Dealfish stable…I have my hunch what that is and will share it in a later post – {Who will own the classifieds space in EastAfrica}****
More- - http://bit.ly/uDlHpo****
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@Njihia, this is not to shoot anyone's relative, but let us restrain ourselves from writing faslehoods unless backed up by facts. :-) When you write "Dealfish has grown to be the leading classifieds service locally ", can you please backup these numbers with the actual transactions versues the number of visitors? You and I both know the purchasing visitors from the visitors. The facts remain that for example, Nation had their online cars classified but when you look at the actual Nation Newspaper classifieds, it's a very different story. Nation's daily circulation runs in the millions, gets the market you want and you will sell you car within a short time. Online they have a very serious market segment. Fact is the web and interest is not a mass tool or platform for Africa, so why are we creating hype about something that needs to undergo a realistic transformation to suit local needs. That is why I hope we in the asp.netgroup/list are going to address the potential of the web and what can be done to change the transformations. So to put you to a task and prove your worth that Dealfish is a serious contender, let us have the figures. For the Motor vehicle sales industry, www.cheki.co.ke I believe is doing a better job. My view. :-) Rgds. **Sent from my Microsoft/Intel based computer. Affordable & reliable computing for Decades**