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	<title>Thus Spaketh Idd Salim &#187; safaricom</title>
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	<description>Chief developer of KeleleMobile, Zunguka and Sembuse</description>
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		<title>Is Zain celebrating 2-1 on the 83rd Minute?</title>
		<link>http://www.iddsalim.com/blog/2010/08/23/is-zain-celebrating-2-1-on-the-83rd-minute/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Idd Salim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Raila once quoted me and said, &#8220;Wameona Simba amenyeshewa na ametulia, wakadhani ni paka mkubwa&#8221;. The sad Google swahili translator processes this as: &#8220;The see lion in rain. He has relax. They think big pussy&#8221; Well, thanks to Mblayo, I got this disturbing video of the Zain truck: BendOver jibe at Safaricom HQ The Zain [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>It is official, Safaricom concedes. Blocks all Calls to Zain</title>
		<link>http://www.iddsalim.com/blog/2010/08/19/it-is-official-safaricom-concedes-blocks-all-calls-to-zain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Idd Salim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please let me put in 7 laughs Kwanza for Safcom. &#8211; Ha&#8230; Ha&#8230; Ha&#8230; Ha&#8230; Ha&#8230; Ha&#8230; Ha&#8230;! Michael Joseph was ranting on KTN as 2 PM today about this deal. Thanks to the new Zain Tarrif. You can now call for3 bob per minute to ANY network in Kenya. Safaricom has BLOCKED all calls [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>FaceBook fast approaching the plateau phase in Kenya</title>
		<link>http://www.iddsalim.com/blog/2010/08/18/facebook-fast-approaching-the-plateau-phase-in-kenya/</link>
		<comments>http://www.iddsalim.com/blog/2010/08/18/facebook-fast-approaching-the-plateau-phase-in-kenya/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Idd Salim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Symbiotic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coders]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.iddsalim.com/blog/?p=439</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is sad. Honestly, really sad. I sat with Buju the other day and he asked me : &#8220;Salim. Wewe huwezi unda your own Facebook na venye code unaimesea?&#8221;. My response is the same respose I once gave DjCK, Okech and Sebi. &#8220;Put me in a position that I won&#8217;t have to worry about rent [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ohh Happy day, Ohhh API day!!</title>
		<link>http://www.iddsalim.com/blog/2010/07/20/ohh-happy-day-ohhh-api-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.iddsalim.com/blog/2010/07/20/ohh-happy-day-ohhh-api-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Idd Salim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google and Africa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gateway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kenya]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great day today for Kenyan coders. Ok, let us say, EastAfrican Community coders, for political correctness. I don&#8217;t even know how to break this news, so I will just do it my plain no-beating-around-her-bushes method. No, the Octopus has not predicted that Safaricom, MTN and Zain will start supporting local innovations. No. The octopus would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Mxit and Safaricom can increase RoI by leveraging local platforms</title>
		<link>http://www.iddsalim.com/blog/2010/07/15/how-mxit-and-safaricom-can-increase-roi-by-leveraging-local-platforms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.iddsalim.com/blog/2010/07/15/how-mxit-and-safaricom-can-increase-roi-by-leveraging-local-platforms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Idd Salim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, After receiving a few phone-calls and some random emails, I have decided to be positive and share a unique insight on the Immense power of the Collabo between Our beloved Safaricom and Mxit. They might not be doing so well, as we bloggers and alot of arm-chair IT consultants might have analyzed. Straight to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>My Interesting half-day at Safaricom headquarters, Westlands</title>
		<link>http://www.iddsalim.com/blog/2010/07/14/my-interesting-half-day-at-safaricom-headquarters-westlands/</link>
		<comments>http://www.iddsalim.com/blog/2010/07/14/my-interesting-half-day-at-safaricom-headquarters-westlands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Idd Salim</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[gateway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[m-pesa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pay.zunguka.com]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.iddsalim.com/blog/?p=317</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, Today at 9:54am, I checked in after a thorough security search for metals and other things like screw drivers, hacksaws and pangas etc; stuff that can be used to HACK servers. (Fck! As I blog here, I remembered just I LEFT MY ID THERE!) So we were welcomed with the usual &#8216;leteni IDs&#8217; Kenyan [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>How to MAXIMIZE your SMS service profits by bypassing the Mobile Companies and PRSPs</title>
		<link>http://www.iddsalim.com/blog/2010/06/18/how-to-maximize-your-sms-service-profits-by-bypassing-the-mobile-companies-and-prsps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.iddsalim.com/blog/2010/06/18/how-to-maximize-your-sms-service-profits-by-bypassing-the-mobile-companies-and-prsps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Idd Salim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bwana Kukubo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coding]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[revenue]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.iddsalim.com/blog/?p=274</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, the revenue share model for SMS services running on short-codes was revised and, as always, it anti-enterprenural. As hot girls might tell you, I don&#8217;t like beating around their bushes and I always dive right to the meat of the moment and this being a weekend post, i will make it straight to the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Safaricom Brings down their &#8216;Innovation&#8217; fraud site</title>
		<link>http://www.iddsalim.com/blog/2010/06/08/safaricom-brings-down-their-innovation-fraud-site/</link>
		<comments>http://www.iddsalim.com/blog/2010/06/08/safaricom-brings-down-their-innovation-fraud-site/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Idd Salim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bwana Kukubo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just 24 Hours After I criticized the Safaricom &#8216;s Fuck-Kenyan-Developers attitude and big headedness, they  have brought down their Innovations fraud site. This was meant to be a trap to take ALL ideas in Kenya, own them, sue any coder who implements such an idea after contacting them and OWN all ideas in Kenya. Thanks [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mpesa downtimes &#8211; Safaricom NOT to blame</title>
		<link>http://www.iddsalim.com/blog/2010/04/19/mpesa-downtimes-safaricom-not-to-blame/</link>
		<comments>http://www.iddsalim.com/blog/2010/04/19/mpesa-downtimes-safaricom-not-to-blame/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Idd Salim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I called my landlord to ask her why there was no water in my apartment. She told me,  &#8220;pigia city council uwaulize. I just connect you to water. Not provide it.&#8221; So I packed my stuff and moved to the leafy suburbs where the taps never run dry. Also, Last week [what an [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Symbiotic to release Mpesa/Zap PayBill API to Kenya Developers in May</title>
		<link>http://www.iddsalim.com/blog/2010/03/27/symbiotic-to-release-mpesazap-paybill-api-to-kenya-developers-in-may/</link>
		<comments>http://www.iddsalim.com/blog/2010/03/27/symbiotic-to-release-mpesazap-paybill-api-to-kenya-developers-in-may/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 06:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Idd Salim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Code-Named Gandalf Symbiotic Developer Labs will soon chip in its 2 bytes in the coding social social responsibility. Safaricom/Zain has NOT released or shown any signs of being in willingness or position to release any developer tools to enable the 17 real coding geniuses in Kenya, the thousand of wannabes and the tens of thousands [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>32</slash:comments>
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