tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32661629.post4340062653332018928..comments2023-11-03T12:35:40.559+03:00Comments on Odegle Nyang: Of fun and Compeodeglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13373136262703654307noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32661629.post-77480376118951484552008-05-19T09:26:00.000+03:002008-05-19T09:26:00.000+03:00@3* indeed it is@pkw, MPesa is the first in its te...@3* indeed it is<BR/><BR/>@pkw, MPesa is the first in its technology. using mobile network solely as a conduit. the services you mention here are not mobile money transfer parse since they use the specific mobile operator in the transaction. MPesa actually operates like a micro-bankodeglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13373136262703654307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32661629.post-52817028690979284502008-05-14T07:25:00.000+03:002008-05-14T07:25:00.000+03:00Wewe Odegle, M-Pesa was not a first in the world o...Wewe Odegle, M-Pesa was not a first in the world or even in SSA. Smart Telecoms in the Philippines has had mobile payments linked to a card, but accessible to through a mo-phone 2000. Globe Telecoms from the Philipines pia, followed with GCASH, a cashless and cardless money transfer service over the simu ya kutangatanga . MTN partnered with Standard Bank to offer MTN Banking through which you could transfer money to any bank in SA on your cell phone. Bado WIZZIT iko SA, sort of a branchless bank that is accessible on the cellphone-though they had to partner with South Africa Bank of Athens to offer it.<BR/><BR/>I was also going around telling people how M-Pesa was a world first. There's a lot of sources out there claiming it was.Proud Kikuyu Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722115487090667454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32661629.post-33732324989097528102008-05-13T18:42:00.000+03:002008-05-13T18:42:00.000+03:00safaricom and big steps. 3g is another first at le...safaricom and big steps. 3g is another first at least in kenya, which i think the mobile dstv is hinged upon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com