Ok now why are you focusing so much on Mpesa instead of mobile money that are similar to Mpesa?
Because I was responding do a very specific statement that was limited to Mpesa (and other statements that followed from it). This one from you:
Kenya will export such businesses to the rest of africa just because Mpesa took off in kenya before any other country.
By the way, that the reasoning in that statement is "problematic" can be seen from the fact that "such businesses" already exist in other places in Africa without the involvement of Kenya or Mpesa.
I gave you an example of cellulant http://www.cellulant.com/ that started in kenya and now has expanded to West Africa and southern africa isn't that an example of a company that expanded to rest of africa just like now sportpesa is trying to do?
Let me be clear: I have neither stated nor implied that SportPesa cannot expand to other countries in Africa; it most probably can. My questions have to do with the claims that it will hit the ground running because it has some sort of ""first movers"/"earliest adopters" advantage of the "just because Mpesa ... Kenya ... first". I don't see that. And the other claimed advantage---solely mobile money---is even more problematic.
The way you argue its like someone in the late 90s and early 2000s arguing that if AOL is a leader how come its not expanding to the rest of the world to provide internet. unbeknown to him the real juggernauts comes after the infrastructure is laid companies like google,yahoo,amazon, facebook etc. Mpesa (and all mobile money) are infrastructure.
I see. I think you miss my argument. Also, is actually
you who been arguing on the basis of "leader" ("first movers advantage"/"earliest adopters").
Yes, Mpesa and mobile money may be considered as infrastructure. And, yes, people may and are "building" on top of the infrastructure. My argument is quite simple:
(a) Mpesa (and anything like it) is not owned by people in Kenya. So there is no basis for Kenyans to get excited whenever one sees "Mpesa" overseas; it is Vodafone people who should get excited.
(b) Whatever infrastructure you think SportPesa will take advantage of wherever it goes (e.g. Ghana) is already being taken advantage of by others,
so what exactly is the "first movers advantage"/"earliest adopters" that you keep writing about?
At the very least, can you give a clear answer to
red?
A company collecting bets solely on mobile means in ghana for example it has a potential customers of 15m. And in addition it can disperse winnings instantly hence driving more customer engagement.
I'm afraid that's not much better. Please try again. Perhaps will help:
Ghana already has quite a few betting companies, from all over the place. Some of those take
all of credit card, bank transfer payments, paypal, skrill, etc.
and mobile money. So, what exactly is the advantage of "
solely mobile money" of SportPesa?
Here, see if can you appreciate the difference between these two statements (one your original, and the other a slight modification):
(a) "
A company collecting bets on mobile means in ghana for example it has a potential customers of 15m. And in addition it can disperse winnings instantly hence driving more customer engagement."
(b) "
A company collecting bets solely on mobile means in ghana for example it has a potential customers of 15m. And in addition it can disperse winnings instantly hence driving more customer engagement."
This also brings us back to your repeated claims on "first movers advantage"/"earliest adopters". Given that there are already betting companies in Ghana that take mobile money, what particular advantage would SportPesa claim to be bringing to that market? That's the sort of question I'd like answered before our mouths start to water at the " loads of money coming to kenya".