I have a friend working on such an enterprise. M-Pesa is the payment platform for now, so it basically locks the deal to safcom :( On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com> wrote:
Here's a thought.
Most Kenyans labour under the mistaken impression that to succeed you have to do it using the one-big-deal-that-sorts-you-out-for-life.
Not true.
I wonder if Safaricom, Orange, Zain & Yu would consider setting up application portals -- something like the apple app store. Local developers would submit applications that would be vetted and if approved, availed on the portals for download to their customers. There would then be revenue share between developers and the telcos. Everyone wins. Jobs created. Innovation fostered. Telcos make money.
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I don't see why it must be restricted to MPesa. All the telcos have or are developing payment technologies. In any case, there's always the route of asking end users to send an SMS to a premium rate number and get payment that way. Let getting the actual payment be the telco's problem. On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Phares Kariuki <pkariuki@gmail.com> wrote:
I have a friend working on such an enterprise. M-Pesa is the payment platform for now, so it basically locks the deal to safcom :(
On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com> wrote:
Here's a thought.
Most Kenyans labour under the mistaken impression that to succeed you have to do it using the one-big-deal-that-sorts-you-out-for-life.
Not true.
I wonder if Safaricom, Orange, Zain & Yu would consider setting up application portals -- something like the apple app store. Local developers would submit applications that would be vetted and if approved, availed on the portals for download to their customers. There would then be revenue share between developers and the telcos. Everyone wins. Jobs created. Innovation fostered. Telcos make money.
Pipe dream?
I don't see why it must be restricted to MPesa. All the telcos have or are developing payment technologies. In any case, there's always the route of asking end users to send an SMS to a premium rate number and get payment that way. Let getting the actual payment be the telco's problem.
Well, getting premium rate numbers is a little expensive for your average small scale developer. The easiest thing to do was leach of M-Pesa's payment system for the time being. I can get more details as to why they chose to go down the M-Pesa road as well. Excellent suggestion though... -- With Regards, Phares Kariuki | T: +254 734 810 802 | E: pkariuki@gmail.com | Twitter: kaboro | Skype: kariukiphares |
I didn't mean the developers set up the numbers, I meant the vendors. They could set up this scheme 0000 - 50/- 0001 - 100/- 0002 - 150/- etc So to buy an app that the developer wants 50 bob SMS to 0000 and enter the returned code somewehre to unlock the download. But like I said, let collecting the money be the telco's problem. Let the developer just code, uplaod his app and indicate what price he wants. The telco should collect the money from buyers and bank it/ otherwise deposit the developer's cut where he wants it. On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Phares Kariuki <pkariuki@gmail.com> wrote:
I don't see why it must be restricted to MPesa. All the telcos have or are
developing payment technologies. In any case, there's always the route of asking end users to send an SMS to a premium rate number and get payment that way. Let getting the actual payment be the telco's problem.
Well, getting premium rate numbers is a little expensive for your average small scale developer. The easiest thing to do was leach of M-Pesa's payment system for the time being. I can get more details as to why they chose to go down the M-Pesa road as well. Excellent suggestion though...
-- With Regards,
Phares Kariuki
| T: +254 734 810 802 | E: pkariuki@gmail.com | Twitter: kaboro | Skype: kariukiphares |
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