Worked on Botswana Post and I concur its a success story in the continent. Think we got weak leadership at Posta Kenya.

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From: Brian Munyao Longwe
Sent: 4/22/2013 10:09 AM
To: Paul Roy
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Posta Kenya closes 56 outlets

Whata travesty and a lost opportunity. Two years ago I spent time working on a project to help Botswana Posts introduce their own mobile money product as a service. They had already (as part of their strategic plan) established partnership with Govt to handle payment of social grants (pensions, social security, welfare etc)....

There are many other ways of being sustainable.

Best regards,

Brian


On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 5:06 AM, Ali Hussein <ali@hussein.me.ke> wrote:
Listers

Hidden among the statistics released by CCK is the state of Posta Kenya. 

http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Postal-Kenya-closes-56-outlets-as-business-falls/-/539550/1754446/-/ppm2vtz/-/index.html

Yet despite the dire straits the state corporation seems to be in it still could reinvent itself. Posta is in dire need of re-inventing itself ala Deutsche Post which reverse took-over DHL and benefited from its logistics and savvy managerial skills. Is the semi-privatization of Posta Kenya imminent? Is it the only thing that can save it? Should the Government/Posta seriously look at this option? I dare say we must move poste haste (pun intended) or be confined to the fate of the US Postal Service which seems incapable of getting out of its morose state.

The article below Wikipedia gives a good background to the Deutsche Post story.



Ali Hussein
CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd
Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd


"The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb

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