On 1/14/10, Kiti Chigiri <
kiti.chigiri@gmail.com> wrote:
> heard from the grapevine that sasanet used to relay sms thru celtel's smpp
> gateway which, because of a design/security flaw,allowed them to send sms
> without paying..when celtel finally caught up with them and presented a bill
> for sms's they had to shut down
>
> corrections are welcome
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Martin Waireri <
mwaireri@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> My question : Was Sasanet really a profitable venture, who can vouch for
>> this, again why did venture into micro-finance if sasanet was a viable
>> business ?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 9:38 AlM, Solomon Mburu Kamau <
>>
solo.mburu@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2010/1/14 Theus Owicho <
owichot@gmail.com>
>>>
>>>> They were never a micro finance. Chege is living comfortably in Kile
>>>> and is even seen at his girlfriends house also in Kabete. He ran with
>>>> Millions but will never face the law
>>>>
>>>> They were never a Micro-finance, yes, but the y duped the public into
>>> believing that they were an IC T company but in real sense, these guys
>>> were
>>> a kind of a micro-finance organization.
>>> The Mafia in Italy contribute taxes, build schools, but they remain drug
>>> cartels and barons!
>>>
>>> On 1/10/10, Solomon Mburu Kamau <
solo.mburu@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > From what my brain's archive says, sasanet went defunct because they
>>>> started
>>>> > operating a kind-of micro-finance organization thus moving away from
>>>> the
>>>> > core business. During the day, shifting from the main business meant
>>>> closing
>>>> > or losing your business.
>>>> >
>>>> > I think that's what happened! (Corrections are welcome, though)
>>>> >
>>>> > 2010/1/10 Mark Mwangi <
mwangy@gmail.com>
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > > hey people,
>>>> > >
>>>> > > I remember some time back just when the mobile phone craze was
>>>> hitting
>>>> > > home and sms's used to cost a fortune to send (especially for young
>>>> > > guys when the cheapest card was like 100/-), There were several
>>>> > > sites
>>>> > > that let you send sms's to any Kenyan no. and they were very popular
>>>> > > in cyber café's . the most popular was
sasanet.co.ke which I now
>>>> > > understand to be defunct. . . anyway they all shutdown at the same
>>>> > > time just when they were really getting a strong following and i
>>>> > > thot
>>>> > > their business case was good because of the advert bit at the end. .
>>>> .
>>>> > > . .my thots are that there was a change in regulations that simply
>>>> put
>>>> > > them out of business. . or does anyone know what happened?
>>>> > > --
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>>>> > >
>>>> > > Mark Mwangi
>>>> > >
>>>> > >
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