On 12/11/2009, Joram Mwinamo <
joram.mwinamo@gmail.com> wrote:
> Did safaricom patent Mpesa? Coz Obopay seems like a copy and paste of Mpesa
> only focusing on a much larger scale.
>
> on this page
>
> you find the following description. The part in red for me seems fishy, like
> she is taking the credit for a service that is already working perfectly
> here?Something doesnt add up. Maoni?
>
> in 2005, Carol Realini founded Obopay to meet the nascent need for an
> industry leader in mobile payments. Today, Obopay — through partnerships
> with financial institutions such as Citi and MasterCard and mobile carriers
> — is using mobile phones to deliver financial services that empower people’s
> life and work.
>
> Carol founded Obopay after traveling in Africa and recognizing that while
> mobile phones were ubiquitous, many people didn’t have access to even the
> most basic banking services. Recognizing the need and opportunity in both
> industrialized and developing nations, Carol designed Obopay’s business
> model to promote social and economic development throughout the world, by
> providing mobile savings, money transfer, and payments to people everywhere.
>
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> beyond measure.It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us.There is
> nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure
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> As we are liberated from our fear,our presence automatically liberates
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