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discussing everything tech. starting of with safaricom my 1963 card

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Episode 1 - Introduction to the podcast.

In this episode we'll be having an intro into what safaricom my 1963 card, who were the stakeholders involved and the impact it meant to have.

Oct 23, 2020•4 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Episode 4

Similar technologies Beba Pay, Abiria Card, Pepea, Tangaza Pesa M-Nauli among others. These were technologies developed by non-government sponsored firms, such as Google and master card. They were foreign technologies meant to be implemented in the Kenyan market, however, they did not quite pick and were later abandoned. The proposed systems were also meant to solve the same problems Safaricom my 1963 was developed to solve. Additional feature The card also had an additional feature, Kopa. It al...

Mar 12, 2020•4 min•Season 1Ep. 4

episode 3

How to use Acquisition The card was meant to be available at Safaricom shops and select bus stations within Nairobi. To get the card, you had to pay a fee of Ksh 50, have a valid Safaricom number. For registration, present your national ID card and date of birth, your account is then created. Top up Open your Mpesa account from your phone, navigate to buy goods and services and select Paybill, enter bill number 118134 and your card number as the account number. Alternatively, there were card age...

Mar 12, 2020•4 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Episode 2

Problems the card aimed to solve. The current system that was in place was using cash. Exchanged between the commuter and conductor. I. Unnecessary hiking of fares especially during rainy seasons. II. Corruption, matatu crew could not bribe police officers since they will not carry cash III. Security of both commuters and crew, since they can be easily identified from their transactions. To the commuters, it would reduce the incidences of pickpocketing since they would be carrying less cash. It ...

Mar 12, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 2

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