Walu

Thank you for keeping this conversation going.

This in my humble opinion is where Safaricom scores a D- for me.

There has been alot of (albeit unsubstantiated) complaints from the Startup Ecosystem of how difficult it is to work with Safaricom when it comes to:-

1. APIs and Integrations with other players especially when it comes to MPesa. There are even cases where people have claimed that Safaricom has acted like a Big Bully. Again unsubstantiated. This is obviously a case of where Safaricom needs to be very cognizant of the role they play in uplifting the Innovation Ecosystem in Kenya and Africa.

Did Safaricom hound BitPesa out of Kenya?

2. Its an accepted fact that working with the MPesa API is not a walk in the park. They need to be take a CrowdSourcing Approach to this. To be fair this has improved tremendously in the last few months. However, I believe there's room for improvement.

3. Regulation. Its a fact of business today that Regulation and Compliance can be a major hindrance to innovation. A case in point is the burgeoning FinTech Space in Nairobi. How can Safaricom help startups navigate this area?

4.  What is the long term strategy for MPesa? 


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On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 6:29 PM, Walubengo J via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
We have 6hrs to go before end of day.

Just a reminder for those with questions to do so before tomorrow.  Tomorrow we start on Infrastructure and Universal access issues.

walu.


From: Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com>
To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Cc: "skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke" <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>
Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2017 8:11 AM
Subject: Day 3 of 6 (Wednesday) :-Innovators, Innovations & Suppliers

Morning Listers,

As usual, feel free to do belated questions for Safaricom on previous thematic areas.  However, today we want to move onto Day 3 Theme - Innovators, Innovations & Suppliers.    I have copied in the innovators on Skunkworks and hope to hear their views as well.

So straight into the theme:

Safaricom has been quite innovative and keeps coming up with new ways of doing things. As an innovator/developer/supplier, please tell us your experiences with regard to Safaricom Innovation as well as their procurement ecosystem.
 
a) Is their development platform and application programmable interface (API) sufficiently open?
b) Are the issues to do with Intellectual property /Patents/Procurement clear and adequate?
c) Whereas the gain-sharing agreements are private and confidential, how can they be made better?
d) What is Safcom take on Bitcoin/Blockchain technologies?

Lets hear your views, experiences and proposals.

We have only one day on this.

walu.
----List of Themes---
1. Consumer Issues Day, 
2. Competition Issues Day, 
3. Innovators, Innovations & Suppliers Day, 
4. Infrastructure & Universal Access Day, 
5. Technology & Elections Day 


 



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