Not just in Kenya, kila mahali, from Lagos to durban m-pesa is african answer to plastic card (debit card). Remember sharaholders was hizi telecoms ni wale wale, if they are doing something in Kenya they doing it everywhere they operate.
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Not just in Kenya, kila mahali, from Lagos to durban m-pesa is african answer to plastic card (debit card). Remember sharaholders was hizi telecoms ni wale wale, if they are doing something in Kenya they doing it everywhere they operate.
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FJM, samahani nilikuwepo safarini kidogo. Hatujitupi mbele ya god's panel. Lakini wakati wajenzi na wapangaji wetu wa miradi hizi wanapojitia kijasho na kusistiza mpaka kwa vyombo vya habari, planners kutoka kote ulimwenguni na barani huweka msimamo kuwa efforts zinazowekwa na local planners are below standard. Na hii ni njia mojawapo zinazotumika na independent planners and consultants waki collude na international media houses kupotosha ulimwengu kuhusu kutokuwa na miradi kama hizi. Au utakuta miradi zinapotaka anzishwa, consultants watasema Afrika maskini huenda wasimalize huku wakizitaja kama "white elephants" I must say kama waafrika we have done well. Taratibu ndio mwendo.
Kabaridi
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Nilikuwa namskiza Bob Collimore mkurugenzi mkuu wa safaricom akisimulia jinsi ambavyo kuweka mpesa kwenya ramani ambapo ilipo ilikuwa ni vita kati yao na mabanki. Ikiwa makampuni mengine Afrika yataweka huu mtandao wa mpesa, lazima kuingia kupigana.
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Regardless to their allegiances operators should learn that relying on a single optical fiber marine cable is not healthy for their businesses. What could be lost if Safaricom uses other optic fiber marine cables as a backup instead of falling back on the expensive satellites..
I thought m-pesa is hosted by rackspace - UK?
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Bukyanagandi said:
I have been following this interesting discussion of yours and i have to admit that both of you are talking about same thing without really knowing/acknowledging you just do that...:happy:
Ok, lets just to take this to the next level, i have attached this picture of mine which depicts the client-server like protocols interaction within a mobile data network (Typical a 3G network/packet-switched). Mpesa is not a really packet-switched based mobile data service it is actually a circuit-switched based mobile data service. Thats why it runs even on old black&white/dumb mobile phones. Having said that, however, most data-based mobile services including your Mpesa follows similar encapsulation.
Vodafone Money Transfer | Rackspace UK
Rackspace are located near Heathrow. I was there a few weeks ago so I know what I am talking about. Sasa click hiyo link. Maybe next time you should look beyond google!
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good to know you travel wide but i insist Mpesa servers are in germany. Credible link by the way, al post mine in a bit. FJM take it from a Kenyan....Bob collymore knows what he talks. I presume vodafone is just playing politics here as they have always wanted to own MPESA exclusively.
Livefire, I am tellling you I know where those bloody servers but wewe unang'ang'ania Germany. Germany ipi, ya SW? Danka Danka. What if I tell you I even have mobile phone numbers of the guys directly involved in managing m-pesa account? As we speak m-pesa is thier biggest client! and look at the aggressiveness from Vodafone after m-pesa!
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FJM with utmost respect, take my words kindly. Read and make conclusions on your own. Thank you!!
Yesterday evening I had an opportunity to have a four hours chat with Safaricom CEO, Bob Collymore. He talked about the company, milestones, challenges and what the future holds for the company.
For computer geeks, Safaricom is planning to introduce an M-pesa API after it successfully transfers the M-pesa servers to Kenya. The servers are currently in Germany and mirrored in UK. This might take long but lets hope its
Rodgers Andati's Blog
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M-Pesa
hope it satisfies u now. I am being kiind with words and not insisting for no show.
Yesterday evening I had an opportunity to have a four hours chat with Safaricom CEO, Bob Collymore. He talked about the company, milestones, challenges and what the future holds for the company.
For computer geeks, Safaricom is planning to introduce an M-pesa API after it successfully transfers the M-pesa servers to Kenya. The servers are currently in Germany and mirrored in UK. This might take long but lets hope its
Rodgers Andati's Blog
Kenya
M-Pesa
hope it satisfies u now. I am being kiind with words and not insisting for no show.
Bantugbro
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Again, both of you might be right, kwa sababu kama unafanya biashara ya ki-Dunia kwenye Internet huwezi weka Servers
zako zote mahala pamoja (mfano mzuri ni Google, Microsoft, na Fcebook). kuna mambo ya load-balancing etc. etc..:happy:
Pili, suala la access kwenye APIs sioni kwanini eti mpaka hapo hapo Server zitakopuwa kenya ndio watu/developers waanze kuzifanyia kazi. Kwani kunatatizo gani developers ku-pewa access kwenye APIs hata kama Servers haziko Kenya?. Hivi unajua kwamba we have access kwenye APIs za kampuni kama Apple na wengineo wakubwa wakati hata Servers zao haziko hosted kwenye nchi tunazoishi?
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Tanzania sio Uganda, Burundi au Rwanda...:happy:
pooooh, dude, poor reasoning. how does that improve their welfare.
eliakeem
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Why you refer it as poor reasoning!!!!!!!
cause if that's how things are done, we will actually never get ourselves out of the abject poverty. just that.
eliakeem
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So now you will be out of the vicious circle of poverty soon....... My opinion.... just apply a basic economics scale of preferences........ i.e by the moment what is a pressing need.... internet or food.....
the subject of preferences is mostly microeconomic, when it comes to the national economy, I'd rather say the main objective is development and eradication of poverty, which cannot be solved by applying short-term measures that cater for the "pressing need" which in turn arises every season without a stable economic base.
the subject of preferences is mostly microeconomic, when it comes to the national economy, I'd rather say the main objective is development and eradication of poverty, which cannot be solved by applying short-term measures that cater for the "pressing need" which in turn arises every season without a stable economic base.
p.s. about the vicious circle - I'm optimistic
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