Ecstacy,Safcom is now an ISP......watch and wonder as they kill your little Access and UUNET etc...

Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming

I suggest you visit UG and TZ and then decide whether those mini economies will have any real effect on revenue for AK.

Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming

I respect both your sentiments. However I expect Safaricom to be currently making more money out of Data in 2009 than either AccessKenya or UUNet.

End of 2008 year results had AccessKenya with 1.6billion in turnover I think and Safaricom with 9billion coming from SMS/MPesa/Data. It's reasonable to expect monthly Data component alone to have already surpassed Access monthly turnover even with growth factored in [before considering acquitisions].

AK return on capital may be higher,but not because they have a secret...its coz they are overpriced providing sub-standard connectivity!

You can never survive in a market where competition is willing to spend (Safaricom) to upgrade their service,while yours languishes in the dark ages (motorola blue wireless...how 1990s!!). You will also have to spend at some stage,and if you dont,you become extinct.

So, watch at AK and UUNET dissappear,or get bought (which I expect for either or both in the next 6 months).



Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming