Thanx all for your valuable comments yesterday on Innovations. We now kick-off Day 4 theme on Infrastructure and Universal access. Feel free to squeeze in belated questions on previous themes - as long as you keep the relevant subject line.

Safaricom has continued to expand its network beyond urban areas. But what has been your experience of Safaricom services in semi-urban and rural areas of Kenya?

a) Rural area:-Voice quality, Internet Access(bandwidth), Mobile Money (MPESA)

b) Safaricom contributes to the Universal Service Fund to extend communications to underserved areas- how has this impacted your rural communities

c) The government has the National Optical Fiber Infrastructure, to what extend does Safcom use/not use it and why?

d) To provide services to under-served areas, the Universal Service Fund has been provision with Safaricom being the largest contributor, how effective is this fund?

It's a mix of questions and experiences. Floor is open till midnite today on this one. Lets hear you views.

walu.