NAIROBI, Aug 21 (Reuters) Kenya’s mobile firm Safaricom (SCOM.NR: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Thursday it was buying a 51 percent stake in Kenyan IT firm Onecom for $2.6 million to boost its product range. “Safaricom intends to acquire 51 percent in Onecom,” Michael Joseph told a news conference in Nairobi. “The reason … [Read more…]
I get really sad seeing consumers charged Ksh. 10 per alert to know what a certain stock is trading at, or that the CDSC is charging a premium to tell its 1 million plus customers how their CDS account is faring. Twitter is defined on its website as – a service for friends, family, and … [Read more…]
From the Skunkworks grapevine and confirmed form the local Google office is a “partnership” between Google and Mobile Planet. While full disclosure is not available at the moment, speculation is rife as to the nature of the investment by Google into Mobile Planet. ……………………………………………………………………. Disclosure made http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2008/08/announcing-new-investment-in-kenya.html Announcing a new investment in Kenya Tuesday, August … [Read more…]
From our viral marketing campaign started yesterday, we hit out first thousand users at 1:32pm – 4th August 2008. Our target over the next two months is to get a healthy 250k users consuming services daily on zunguka even as we seek to refine the products based on user experience and feedback While these numbers … [Read more…]
I have been thinking about the Orange rollout in Kenya and particularly of the introduction of the IPhone to the Kenyan market. Of the top of my head, i am thinking that the cost of acquisition will be a barrier to penetration. I foresee earlier adoption by business executive and business people, that said, is … [Read more…]