kennedy0000
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Na nini kinakufanya ufikirie Kenya hatuwezi chagua.
We have Airtel, Orange na Equitel. They offer much cheaper services than Safaricom.
Wakenya walinunua hisa za Safaricom hadi wakapitiliza, WaTz wanabembelezwa na Vodacom wanunue
Wakenya walinunua hisa za Safaricom hadi wakapitiliza, WaTz wanabembelezwa na Vodacom wanunue
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Na nini kinakufanya ufikirie Kenya hatuwezi chagua.
We have Airtel, Orange na Equitel. They offer much cheaper services than Safaricom.
kennedy0000
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Nimeona they are offering daily unlimited at KSh50.
My take: They either have very poor or limited 3G coverage. Ama hii ni promotion offer they can't sustain for more than a few years.
Na kama ni ukweli they are investing in massive infrastructure, you can bet they'll do away with the unlimited plan ama waincrease price.
At the end of the day, Kenyans look for quality not quantity. Safaricom for example has the most expensive data packages but is the most popular.
The reason is because they have the widest, most realiable and stable coverage in the country.
Hawa wengine you have to face your phone in a certain direction.
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Inconvenience comes with poor infrastructure from other providers, a situation that is non existent as none of the companies is above a 33% market share! Don't let ur Kenyan ego deceive u! Though Mpesa was piloted in Kenya, u pay higher Mpesa charges than Tanzania since Safaricom at nearly 80% market share control can choose to overcharge u! In Dar there's Tigopesa that grows faster aside Easypesa, Airtel money and Halopesa. The first 3 coming from strong competitors!
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What do you mean Tanzania pays less for Mpesa charges. Of course Tanzania being an LDC you had to be charged appropriately. It's the same way rent is more expensive in New York than Nairobi.
And as I mentioned earlier, Airtel doesn't charge for most transactions. Equitel is also cheaper than Mpesa. But people still stick with Safaricom.
There is nothing stopping anyone from joining the other networks.
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Hvi kule kenya wageni kununua hisa si inaruhusiwa?
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VODACOM TANZANIA’S IPO ON TRACK TO BE THE LARGEST IN THE 19-YEAR HISTORY OF DSE
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Vodacom Tanzania’s initial Public Offering (IPO) is on track to be the largest in the 19-year history of the...

Vodacom Tanzania’s initial Public Offering (IPO) is on track to be the largest in the 19-year history of the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange after more than 40,000 Tanzanians have subscribed for shares, the company said on Monday.
Vodacom Tanzania is due to list on the DSE during June 2017, pending final verification by the CMSA.
Vodacom said that due to the sheer volume of applications and the size of the Vodacom Tanzania IPO, it has taken slightly longer than initially anticipated to ensure all applications could be processed and to ensure the creation of new central securities depository (CSD) account numbers for the many first-time investors in the DSE.
NBC, the receiving bank for the IPO, has now concluded with reconciliation of funds and applications with each of the brokers that participated across the Country.
Vodacom Tanzania PLC, through its lead advisor Orbit Securities, submitted the full register of IPO participants to the CMSA, who are now undertaking the task of verifying each of the applications.
“This exercise, given the volumes of applications, may take some additional time and Vodacom Tanzania will only be in a position to announce the final results once the CMSA concludes its verification process,” Vodacom said.
VODACOM TANZANIA’S IPO ON TRACK TO BE THE LARGEST IN THE 19-YEAR HISTORY OF DSE - Corporate Digest
Posted a day ago by Corporate Digest
Vodacom Tanzania’s initial Public Offering (IPO) is on track to be the largest in the 19-year history of the...

Vodacom Tanzania’s initial Public Offering (IPO) is on track to be the largest in the 19-year history of the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange after more than 40,000 Tanzanians have subscribed for shares, the company said on Monday.
Vodacom Tanzania is due to list on the DSE during June 2017, pending final verification by the CMSA.
Vodacom said that due to the sheer volume of applications and the size of the Vodacom Tanzania IPO, it has taken slightly longer than initially anticipated to ensure all applications could be processed and to ensure the creation of new central securities depository (CSD) account numbers for the many first-time investors in the DSE.
NBC, the receiving bank for the IPO, has now concluded with reconciliation of funds and applications with each of the brokers that participated across the Country.
Vodacom Tanzania PLC, through its lead advisor Orbit Securities, submitted the full register of IPO participants to the CMSA, who are now undertaking the task of verifying each of the applications.
“This exercise, given the volumes of applications, may take some additional time and Vodacom Tanzania will only be in a position to announce the final results once the CMSA concludes its verification process,” Vodacom said.
VODACOM TANZANIA’S IPO ON TRACK TO BE THE LARGEST IN THE 19-YEAR HISTORY OF DSE - Corporate Digest
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The issue is whether the shares r oversubscribed or not? U have to know the mentality is different since we have more options mind u Tigo might be worthing more than Vodacom considering it's fast rising to the top current at number 2 few subscribers before it suprass Vodacom.
Meanwhile Halotel is already having 3.5 mln customers two years after launching. Plse don't confuse ur mobile fone market to ours. Safaricom is having 76% market share will Vodacom is around 32%. Plse don't force ur ego on a pure market forces scenario.
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Halotel reaches 3.5 mln voice subscribers
Tuesday 6 June 2017 | 10:55 CET | News
Halotel Tanzania has signed up 3.5 million voice subscribers and its management believes the expansion is purely a result of its business strategy of focusing on the poor communities, reports The Citizen. By 31 March, the two-year-old company had a subscriber market share of 9 percent, ahead of Zantel and Tanzania Telecommunication Company, which have existed for over a decade, and Smart. Halotel is now fourth behind Vodacom, Tigo and Airtel.
The firm's CEO Le Van Dai said the growth is anchored in the strategy of focusing on poor rural communities. Halotel planned to invest USD 1.7 billion in Tanzania and the latest updates show that at least USD 700 million of this has already been injected into the economy. Halotel now covers 95 percent of Tanzania. The network is now available in at least 3,000 villages that did had no telecommunications reception before the arrival of Halotel. The firm says it is taking the challenge and will invest accordingly.
Halotel reaches 3.5 mln voice subscribers
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How about coverage n service from these two? And if u have choice meaning superior alternatives, why 76% of you are still in Safaricom?
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That's why I stated that you have a long way to go. People don't buy shares because they use that service.
There are many people here with shares of Kenya Airways, Uchumi, Mumias etc. and may never have used those services.
And this is where Tanzania has a looong way to go, in improving the entrepreneurial spirit of its citizenry. It doesn't matter whether you like something or not, as long as it is on a growth trajectory.
In the US for example, Tesla recently became the largest motor company by market value. Yet they barely sell 50,000 cars per year, as opposed to GM's millions. Actually, a very small % of Americans own a Tesla.
The same applies to other companies listed on the NSE.
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Voice coverage is more or less the same.
Internet coverage is better (and more expensive) on Safaricom.
Not withstanding, even in towns and cities where the likes of Orange have fast internet, Safaricom is still king.
Main reason people stick with Safaricom is Mpesa.
But away from that, people think it is simply too cumbersome to switch to another network.
Orange or Airtel may be cheaper, but Safaricom prices are also cheap. Sometimes with differences of a few cents, it's simply not worth the savings.
But sticking to the topic, learn to differentiate stock market investments from emotions. I know people who own Kenya Airways shares here but would not dare enter their planes. And there are many other examples.
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Peleka ego yako ya kijinga huko kwenu mngekuwa na entrepreneurship mentality msingekuwa na njaa at the moment as we speak!
If u look how Safaricom came about being that large one can easily see the agreement Vodafone entered with GOT requested sole existence in the market for years before a second operator came in. So Safaricom was groomed to grow by being deliberetely being protected from competition from on start unlike in Tanzania where 3 companies were licenced to operate early on at the beginning.
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Of course if u have market share of 76% n CAK is not forcing Safaricom from accepting money transfer other mobile companies in Kenya. Mpesa charges r higher in Kenya than in Tanzania though Safaricom has twice the number of customers compared to Vodacom. And yet u r bragging in here of that unfair monopoly.
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Ignoramus! Celtel was in the market long before Safaricom came along. Sometimes do your research so you don't look like the complete bafoon you are.
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Clearly you don't even know the Kenyan telco market. For several years in early days of mobile telecom, Safaricom was number 2, behind Kencell.
They were behind on everything, from voice to service to coverage. People literally hated it with their 072 prefix. Actually if you could ask anyone for their number then, 70% of the time it would be a 0733 (Kencell) prefix.
They only properly overtook Kencell around the time it started changing names... Celtel, Zain, Airtel.
Mpesa was the final nail for other providers.
kennedy0000
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Njaa sio shida. Swali ni kama tuna pesa ya kununua chenye hatuna. And yes we have.