They could charge for converting airtime to mpesa.

I have no clue as to how the backend systems work, but from a technical perspective, how comes the process is not reversible?

If I can buy airtime from mpesa, then it means the mpesa system can issue instructions to the billing system, so why cant the billing systems do the same to the mpesa system?

Anyone with Bob's email address?


On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 11:36 PM, Joseph Tintale <jayxtintale@gmail.com> wrote:
Too bad for you, M-pesa was born because Kenyans liked to sambaza to settle debts. I don't think Safcom would like it the other way round. They want you to spend in terms of buying airtime, sending money or withdrawing (because they charge you for that). The only way you can recover your money is to sambaza to friends or talk to a friend who has a shop (if you have any) to sell it for you if you are willing to loose some amount that beats the normal airtime profit.


On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 9:50 PM, Stephen Munguti <kamitu.sm@gmail.com> wrote:

si u just sell it to friends n get ur money back. sambaza

On Sep 6, 2012 8:53 PM, "Jangita Nyagudi" <jangita.nyagudi@gmail.com> wrote:
That would effectively make airtime currency :)

On 6 September 2012 19:30, amanya <whynnot@gmail.com> wrote:
> AFAIK that's not possible. You should ask Safaricom on Twitter
>
> On Sep 6, 2012 6:30 PM, "Peter Karunyu" <pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Just went through an interesting scenario; I bought credit from mpesa, but
>> added an additional zero by mistake...
>>
>> Is it possible to convert or "buy" mpesa from airtime?
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