discussing everything tech. starting of with safaricom my 1963 card
Tech disrupt
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discussing everything tech. starting of with safaricom my 1963 card
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October 23, 2020
Episode 1 - Introduction to the podcast.
<p>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.</p>
March 12, 2020
Episode 4
<p><strong>Similar technologies</strong></p> <p>Beba Pay, Abiria Card, Pepea, Tangaza Pesa M-Nauli among others.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>The proposed systems were also meant to solve the same problems Safaricom my 1963 was developed to solve.</p> <p><strong>Additional feature</strong></p> <p>The card also had an additional feature, Kopa. It allowed customers to pay for their fares on credit, maximum credit being Ksh 300. It had a deadline, after which one would be blacklisted.</p> <p>One of the cons of this feature was that it would promote the borrowing culture of Kenyans</p>
March 12, 2020
episode 3
<p><strong>How to use</strong></p> <p><strong>Acquisition</strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p>For registration, present your national ID card and date of birth, your account is then created.</p> <p><strong>Top up</strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p>Alternatively, there were card agents where you could go and top up your account. They were located along various routes, in the CBD in Nairobi for example 1963 Jinice Shop along Mfangano Street.</p> <p><strong>The technology ran on</strong></p> <p>The card used NFC technology; commuters would tap their cards against a terminal installed in PSVs to pay their fare.</p>
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