“In what is being touted as a world first, Kenya’s biggest mobile operator is allowing subscribers to send cash to other phone users by SMS” at least that’s what the Guardian is saying.
The service is a world first? I guess this means that the Philippines doesn’t exist in this world. If it did exist, Globe G-Cashâ„¢ would be touted as the first service to allow this. Heck, if the Philippines did exist, Kenya’s cash remittance service still wouldn’t be the second such service – it would be the third, behind Smart Padala, also from the Philippines.
Our problem is that we don’t exist. Our country doesn’t exist, and consequently, Globe G-Cashâ„¢ and Smart Padala don’t exist. Therefore, Kenya’s M-Pesa service really is the first of its kind.
If we don’t exist – no matter how much we complain, we won’t be heard, right? If that’s the case, I guess none of you are reading this either. Oh well…
