I run an errand/grocery delivery service in Ghana called kaya Errands.
http://www.mykayaonline.com/defaults/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=40
I am very excited about MTN mobile money which just launched this month.
Does anybody have an idea how an errand service can improve its service delivery with the help of mobile money?
I deas would be very welcome
]]>Africa is overlooked and/or disregarded when it comes to eCommerce, and it’s a shame. There is so much missed business opportunities because of outdated policies or from people not willing to risk setting up a platform for this to take place on.
]]>It is possible to set up bankers cheque modules and perhaps Cash on delivery arrangements deals in Kenya and indeed Africa, along with a host of other e payment solutions, but the major parties involved are rigid and wary of such e commerce arrangements.
Why is it that technology in Africa, especially when fueled by a younger generation, involves force feeding corporate hardliners bent on maintaining old and increasingly outdated techniques of doing business? Save for the lack of infrastructure, cyberphobia remains an obstacle in Africa’s bid to catch up and set trends in the world of IT.
]]>100% d’accord, and another missing factor: transport.
There’s much more to the transport business than shipping old cars & computer to the continent and flying out fresh fish and horticultural products.
But then, mobile payment systems are easier to implement than physical actions such as getting product A to B.
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