Comments on: What next after the Mobile revolution in Kenya?

By: fact check

fact check — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 09:57:18 +0000

“Kenya’s top university Strathmore”

according to which ranking?

By: gmeltdown

gmeltdown — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:46:33 +0000

I agree partly with the sentiments that some of the products coming up at the moment are not necessarily revolutionary. Some of these services already exist in some form or another in more developed economies. What is revolutionary for sure is the radical shift in perception and trust levels among Kenyans with regard to technology services. The pace at which Kenyans adopted M-PESA as a way of life is a sign of a revolution in itself. The comments made by kachwanya and Jellyfish point to the most important issue at the moment :- Developing and guarding our intellectual property. Consider the issue of M-PESA ownership as argued out on http://bit.ly/5zDqZO

By: Kenyans

Kenyans — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:16:22 +0000

To me this is just the beginning and there is more to come. its just a matter of time. http://www.kenya-by-kenyans.com

By: Various articles on the power of the mobile phone in emerging markets « my mcLife

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:34:03 +0000

[...] What next after the Mobile revolution in Kenya? by John Karanja MPESA will be on its own a major driver of the economic expansion of the Kenyan economy and best of all it will take a bottom up approach because it will empower the mama mboga (woman grocer) by allowing her to manage her finances efficiently. [Now] MPESA needs to move from a payment system to a payment gateway: Safaricom should develop MPESA into a platform where other software developers can build applications on top of the platform an thereby increase utility and reach of this technology. (Make sure to check the embedded videos) [...]

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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:11:22 +0000

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By: John Karanja

John Karanja — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:15:25 +0000

Hi Perminus sorry for replyin this late would encourage you to search the Strathmore University website http://strathmore.edu for these articles. I have seen quite a few there.

By: perminus

perminus — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:34:13 +0000

Use of mobile phones is increasing at a rapid pace,lets not forget the need to also ome up with effective secure applications,as already seen there is a need for tracing identity of phone users through sim card registration but is it enough to curb mobile phone crime?
Am conducting a research for a term paper on mobile phone securitycould you help me out John with any articles or documents that you might have?

By: babawatoto

babawatoto — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:46:57 +0000

I Know and believe there is great and unexploited potential in the greater Kenya.
When Google Opened a Lead Office in Nairobi, it made internet users feel that The Search Company relates to them. 90% of internet users are guaranteed to use google search and its other products.

It’s advisable that PayPal step out of their comfort zones and go to the grassroots where their wider market will come from. in developing countries there is no competition,

By: nh

nh — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:16:42 +0000

There’s nothing revolutionary about this technology, especially because the quotes won’t even be given in real time. They should just have bought the technology that could give them real time quotes from elsewhere.