One of the biggest costs that relate to webhosting is bandwidth. Then you can think about power and manpower (IT skills), not necessarily in that order. To run a really big data centre, you need these resources in large numbers and eficiently. Out there the cost of bandwith is like 10 times cheaper than what we have, if not more. Someone can correct me on this. Certain countries have highly subsidized bandwidth. Power is very expensive in Kenya, dont even talk about the urealibility. I was once at electricity house to pay my elec bill and I could not because there was a blackout there!

So, countries that have sorted themselves in all these variables are the ones running the big data centres. And because of the scale, they are able to offer the hosting services at a very low price. We will need a lot of time to atch up with them, unless of course we run faster than we are running right now.

Evans

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Kivuva <Kivuva@transworldafrica.com> wrote:
Mr. Mucheru, You have succeded thinking like a businessman.

But don't forget CCK is the government. The government banned importing furniture for its offices. The spirit of that gazette notice was, "the government should utilize local resources first, before looking abroad for unavailable resources." 

India surpassed Japan as the World third largest economy http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2011/09/21/india-likely-to-replace-japan-as-worlds-third-largest-economy/ 

How is India doing it? How is China doing it? We all know the long-long-long term effect of supporting local products and services (not minding the nationality of who owns them)
  1. Buy Local -- Support yourself
  2. Create more good jobs: Small local businesses are the largest employer nationally, and provide the most jobs to residents.
  3. Invest in community: Local businesses are owned by people who live in this community, are less likely to leave, and are more invested in the community’s future.
  4. Encourage local prosperity: A growing body of economic research shows that in an increasingly homogenized world, entrepreneurs and skilled workers are more likely to invest and settle in communities that preserve their one-of-a-kind businesses and distinctive character.
  5. Keeping Local Ksh in the Economy: We are always crying how the dollar is going up, e.t.c. while we are importing useless stuff.

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it. - Norman Peale 

10rdmwesh

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