Community Driven Payment System
Hi Skunks, With the current upward trend in transaction fees in local mobile/online payment systems, I think it will be a good idea for the Kenyan tech community to come together and build a community based money transfer system that will be sustainable and affordable to all. What does the rest of the tech community think? -- Solomon Kariri, Software Developer, Cell: +254736 729 450 Skype: solomonkariri
What is driving the cost of the mobile payment solutions? Is it telkos, tax? Can the cost be broken down? ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva twitter.com/lordmwesh google ID | Skype ID: lordmwesh On 2 August 2013 14:28, solomon kariri <solomonkariri@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Skunks, With the current upward trend in transaction fees in local mobile/online payment systems, I think it will be a good idea for the Kenyan tech community to come together and build a community based money transfer system that will be sustainable and affordable to all. What does the rest of the tech community think?
-- Solomon Kariri,
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The tax is bound to go up, and that's unavoidable. Tech support www.kentechie.com On Aug 2, 2013, at 5:00 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva@transworldafrica.com> wrote:
What is driving the cost of the mobile payment solutions? Is it telkos, tax? Can the cost be broken down? ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva twitter.com/lordmwesh google ID | Skype ID: lordmwesh
On 2 August 2013 14:28, solomon kariri <solomonkariri@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Skunks, With the current upward trend in transaction fees in local mobile/online payment systems, I think it will be a good idea for the Kenyan tech community to come together and build a community based money transfer system that will be sustainable and affordable to all. What does the rest of the tech community think?
-- Solomon Kariri,
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Hi Solomon (& others), Maybe not exactly what you are looking for, but you are more than welcome to contribute code to pesaPi ;-) https://github.com/pluspeople/pesaPi pesaPi is an open source payment middleware - meaning it sits between your system/solution and the various payment systems available, making it easier to link the two together. As an open source project the direction it takes (going forward) is largely depending on the code being contributed by individuals. With that in mind it would be possible for someone to extend it to work as a sort of digital wallet - or as a bridge towards virtual currencies such a bitcoin (however those things are not my personal focus in the project). .. Mike On 8/2/13 1:28 PM, solomon kariri wrote:
Hi Skunks, With the current upward trend in transaction fees in local mobile/online payment systems, I think it will be a good idea for the Kenyan tech community to come together and build a community based money transfer system that will be sustainable and affordable to all. What does the rest of the tech community think?
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Kivuva -
Michael Pedersen -
Pauline Kitheka -
solomon kariri