Showing posts with label Business. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Business. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
The RedCall??? I Scream Conspiracy
10:47 PM | 
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I know its quite some time know after the red call hoax. But I could have as well kept quiet about it. What hurts me so much is that, days after the "hoax" people are still talking about it. But I'm going to prove why it's a personally presumed conspiracy.
But first, so that you do not feel so bad, and timed out, here is something I know you will love.
HOW TO TALK AT 2/- USING YOUR SAFARICOM LINE
When Zain Kenya
So they finally came up with a plan. Obviously with strings attached. As they call it themselves, Terms and Conditions apply.
So this is the oh so amazing plan that they came up with.
You load Airtime worth 100 through 1000 and call 2/- on net and 3/- off net
Airtime worth 50/- and you call 3/- offnet and on net.
yada yada yada. ( the rest is really not fulfilling!)
So this is how you talk at only 2/-
First you have to buy airtime worth 100/-
(yeah I know, but that is the catch, its still cheaper than 250/-)
After that, your sim will automatically switch to 2/- on net and 3/- off net
So, for you to keep talking at only that amount regardless whether you buy a 5/- card worth of airtime or 20/-. You have to get another phone and load in the amount then sambaza yourself.
There,.. you can buy a 5/- shilling credit card and still talk for their offer price of 2/- on net and 3/- off net. That is what I have been doing.
See,.. I told you that you’ll love it.
Now to the CONSPIRACY
CONSPIRACY
I’ll be brief, and leave all the thinking to you. But allow me to introduce to you the thought.
Now if you are Palestinian, Nigerian, Ghanaian or Kenyan you probably know about the red call Hoax.
Its exactly a week later after it hit Kenya
Well, all the Kenyan telecommunication companies denied all allegations conserning the red call hoax. But come to think of it, I have reason to believe that they were involved.
Well, they are smart. Viral marketing technique was used here. From social media sites such as twitter to facebook. But this way they would never even be involved right?? C’mon,..
The text rates went from as high as 5/- per text to 1/- per text. That is a crazy drop in price. They knew that this would be the right time to take viral marketing from social media, translate it into texts then distribute it around the country. How, through the ever paranoid and surprisingly ignorant population.
Here’s the business sense. If one text is one shilling, the general public would not really mind sending more than one text. Infact psychologically speaking, I would be even willing to send more texts.
So what happens if as a company we get a million texts, that means that is a a million shillings without any struggle. And what if our texts as a company go for 3.50/- and 5/- and we manage to get just 100 000 texts sent,. Then that is 350 000 and 500 000 shillings made in twenty four hours. And we close the business and keep quiet about it.
It does make sense….. think about it…
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Friday, August 6, 2010
MOBILE VOTING SHOULD DO THE TRICK
In the same spirit of innovation, Safaricom should launch a mobile plat form for voting.
Come to think of it, it may actually be practical. With the ongoing sim card registration, my guess is that, all mobile and telecommunication service providers will have a data base of all the registered customers. This is a plus because it means that the mobile service providers will no longer have ghost customers, but will be able to make an account of each and every customer that they have.
Back to Safaricom. Why Safaricom and not something like Zain, no I mean Bhatri Airtel? well, the answer is simple, Safaricom has for the longest time been a Kenyan service provider, rolling out products that are relevant and practical to the Kenyan Market. They also have the highest market capitalisation in the country. That's why.
So why should we really consider mobile voting? As far as we know, majority of Kenyans now own mobile phones, plus, If the companies shall be able to link up with the electoral commission that is present in the land, voting would be faster and smoother. We have thought as a Nation that we should tap into on line voting. As much as that is a reality, not many Kenyans are technologically savvy, especially those who are old. On the contrary, most Kenyans can use a mobile phone gadget smoothly with no hustle. Another thing, it would take the government a huge budget to put the machinery into place. I mean, all the computers in the ever growing Kenyan constituencies, then the possibility of the system being hacked into.
Having a mobile voting plat form would be easier and cheaper. It would only require the customer to have a sim card that is registered as a customer and as a voter and you are good to go. An average sim card goes between 50 Kenyan shillings and 100 Kenyan shillings.
This would be a milestone in any voting process in the whole world. But as you imagined, it would also have its limitations. The system may be hacked into, and the secrecy of the vote tampered with, or worse still, rigged. The system may also crash due to handling many requests at a time. The limitation list may seem longer, but innovation is necessary to see to it that it doesn't happen.
This may look as a big joke, but trust me, when implemented,.. this should be the best thing to happen in any country. I still insist, mobile voting will take us a long way.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Not Satisfied by the system yet.
I remember sharing about the system and why or rather how it needs a complete overhaul. My argument was that it doesn't teach Financial knowledge. Essential stuff like how to raise capital which is the #1 skill of an entrpreneur, How to start and manage a business and things like that. While it is now obvious that it doesnt teach such essentials, The system doesn't seem fit for the academic oriented. I just did my final exam in High school- In Kenya, so believe me when I say I know how it feels to be in the system.
Now, you might probably gone through it too. I believe strongly that year after year the quality of education, measured by the standard of the effiency of its testing has rapidly gone down. After every 8 years, a pupil in a primary school in the country is tested for what he\she has learnt for the years spent is school. After evey 4 years likewise, a highschool student is tested for what he\she has gathered in school. That method has occassionally lost its efficiency, especially due to the rampant cheating in the final exams. As years go by so does technology improve, so do better and more "fulfilling" cheating methods spring up. Forgive my oblique way of looking at this issue, but with the developing culture of impunity in the country some issues just need to be spoken out right.
If cheating is to be curbed, which is not even realistic, then what happens to the student whom exam time comes during a period of some sort of mental, emmotional or physical imballance, that only translates to students performing slightly or majorly below their pottential. So then our Big question, is this the best way of testing candidates.
Kenya is a country that has differnt regions and different climatic regions. That means that there are different conditions of studying which again translates to different academic out put- potential wise. So then again I pose the question, IS THIS REALLY REALLY THE BEST EDUCATIONAL CURRICULLUM?
Saturday, April 11, 2009
THE KENYAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
If you ask me, this system needs a complete overhaul. Truth be told this among the most unfulfilling systems in the whole world. Well check this out, first of all you have to pass through 8 years in primary 4 years in High school and 4 more years in University. To begin with, it does not invest in different skills and talents that other talents that people have(at least not entirely)What hurts me the most comes in the final examination in high school.An average of 400 000 students sit for their final high school examination every year. Only about 75 000 students are able to attain a grade of C plus (C+) that is roughly about 20%-25% every year attaining a pass. Also note that The Kenyan public universities take students who have attained B+ for boys and B plain for Girls into its public universities. This again lowers down the number of students who have gone through this system to become trained professionals.
About 10 000 will make it into the private universities poly technics and colleges. What about the rest, well they will probably start businesses and build the Kenyan SME industry and the country will go forward. sounds good right? WRONG!!!!!!.
If all the remaining 250000+ are going to start a business which is very ironical(most will probably end in the street 'hustling' or engaging in crime,drugs and maybe even sex trade)Then the government need to change how everything works. Maybe introduce financial education in the system. Whatever it is they are going to do, the should do it ASAP.
Let us strive to save the Kenyan youth. The Ministry dealing with youth affairs should put this on its fore front other than fighting with jobless without providing the correct educational basis. Over hauling the educational system will see Kenya go a long way even in the pursuit of the vision 2030.
I would like to see change happen. So that students don't have to depend on cheating in the examination so as to achieve excellence in life. We should not over emphasize on education rather than what an individual student can do. WE ARE IN THE INFORMATION AGE NOT THE INDUSTRIAL AGE.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Books that change lives
I have to agree that this is one book that has Left amajor impact in my life.I got hold of it in my dad's bookshelf and went ahead to read it.If I should have read it before maybe I would have changed my whole thinking thoroughly.
I learnt about the three types of income
1.Earned income- which you earn from your day job
2.Passive income-which comes to you regardless of you working or not.Majorly from Real Estate.
3.Portfolio income-which comes mainly in form of paper assets such as stocks and bonds
I am more inclined to think like the rich in order to be rich.But that will have to wait abit considering I am doing my final year in highschool(phew!!!!!!!!!!!) Then I will go on and apply the skills that I would have collected through out that time.At the moment I am trying my best to build on my financial IQ. I hope to farmiliarize myself with the market( both the stock and Real Estate market)
The Rich dad series are the books which I hope to finish reading as this year comes to a close.ohh well maybe by mid next year I will be completely through.
If you happen to read this and you have not read this book, and you are caught in the rat race(if you dont get then you should definately get the series) Buy the book. and the rest of the series. and ooh yeah please join the movement............................................GET RICH!!
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