Hi all, I'm sorry for the late response, I'd like to touch on 2 areas Affordability - In my experience the least amount of money one can pay for internet is Ksh. 2,500 monthly which is a bit high for a youth who is unemployed and unfortunately our lives are literally on the Internet Broadband could be widespread because of mobile phones but we could have the gadgets and use them only when we are in the urban areas because of poor internet connectivity in the rural homes. In my rural area, just like mercy's we have a challenge in basic phone operations like making calls or even sending an SMS, however people there have smartphones which they only use when they set out to the major towns or cities On Tue, 23 Apr 2019 8:37 am Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet, < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Dear Listers,
As notified last week, we are conducting an assessment on the state of play and impact of broadband in Kenya, broadly looking at the socio-economic impact on consumers, businesses and various sectors like agriculture, education, healthcare, finance and government.
We are looking at real life examples of impact of broadband, challenges we face in increasing impact of broadband and recommendations on interventions needed to address the challenges identified.
For this discussion, we define broadband as any fast internet. Fast enough to serve your intended purpose. We can have an extended definition through the discussion.
Some of the questions we should answer are:
1. What is the current state of broadband in Kenya? What is the current coverage of broadband in Kenya? Do you have broadband internet in your area? How affordable is the available broadband? 2. What barriers are there in increasing impact of broadband in Kenya? 3. What recommendations can counter the barriers identified in increasing impact of broadband?
Looking forward to a grrat debate. Sincerely, ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/
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