You may have gathered, the possibilities that mobile technology presents pique my interest. With M-pesa slowly taking off in Kenya, what about M-commerce i.e. doing transactions via your mobile? Read on... http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8697424
While online banking and e-commerce has not really taken off as envisaged in the West, its still at an early stage in our homeland chiefly due to lack of the requisite legal framework, hardware (PCs) and more simply, the occupiers of Stima House not doing their job in electrifying Kenyans. Kenyans are however using mobile phones in increasing numbers (now 8m according to Safaricom and Celtel subscriber numbers) and surely we should be able to exploit this most accessible of technologies?
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