> One important factor was - the mobile provider who promoted m-pesa was
> partially owned by the government - and a significant chunk of the
> company was (and is ) owned by a clique of political power brokers
An important factor for people to buy into this technology at a wide
scale. Else they'd
Consensus building is the starting point of most societal projects,
and once consensus is found the technology becomes an implementation
detail. It doesn't work the other way around.
On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 10:38 AM, ashok _ wrote:
> One important factor was - the mobile provider who promoted m-
On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 6:26 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote:
>
> http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/07/04/the-invisible-bank-how-kenya-has-beaten-the-world-in-mobile-money/
>
> The Invisible Bank: How Kenya Has Beaten the World in Mobile Money
>
> Posted by Ken Banks of National Geographic Emergin
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 05, 2012 at 02:26:02PM +0530, Surabhi Tomar wrote:
>> > I just got back from Rwanda and Uganda, and systems like this (including
>> > m-Pesa itself) are ubiquitous. However there are some interesting risks
>> > associated with them,
ul 2012 14:38:26
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Rural india prefers phones that double as music players - better still if they
have a torch built into the phone
The nokia N series was a hug
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On 05-Jul-12 2:38 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote:
> How widespread are mobile smartpho
On 05-Jul-12 2:38 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote:
> How widespread are mobile smartphones (Android, specifically)
> and cellular coverage in rural India? My guess is that Africa
> would lead here.
Cellular coverage is quite ubiquitous [1] but I am not aware of any data
that specifically talks about smart
On Thu, Jul 05, 2012 at 02:26:02PM +0530, Surabhi Tomar wrote:
> > I just got back from Rwanda and Uganda, and systems like this (including
> > m-Pesa itself) are ubiquitous. However there are some interesting risks
> > associated with them, not so much in stealing individuals credentials, but
> >
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Surabhi Tomar wrote:
> This could very well work in India where the migrant workers have
> trouble opening accounts in the urban areas and sending money to
> remote areas back home is their primary concern.
Isn't this already being done albeit in an off-the-regula
> I just got back from Rwanda and Uganda, and systems like this (including
> m-Pesa itself) are ubiquitous. However there are some interesting risks
> associated with them, not so much in stealing individuals credentials, but
> stealing authentication for the kiosks.
This could very well work in I
I just got back from Rwanda and Uganda, and systems like this (including
m-Pesa itself) are ubiquitous. However there are some interesting risks
associated with them, not so much in stealing individuals credentials, but
stealing authentication for the kiosks.
-- Charles
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 12:
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/07/04/the-invisible-bank-how-kenya-has-beaten-the-world-in-mobile-money/
The Invisible Bank: How Kenya Has Beaten the World in Mobile Money
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