Ahmed & All

That’s one part of the equation. The other one is about creating an unfair advantage for our content developers. Africa has lost its role in the story telling space. We are the continent that gave the world the folklore stories of Brer Rabbit and Wise Old Tortoise now claimed as part of American Folklore.

As Mwendwa has said in his post, how do you get people to log in or even to know your content exists when its being crowded out by gilded gardens like internet.org? 

There is a clear disconnect between what we do in the private sector and what policy makers craft. We must engage more in a meaningful manner. All too often we blame policy makers for making laws that are retrogressive. BUT we need to ask ourselves how many of us REALLY engage government in a meaningful manner?

The time has come for talk to be declared cheap and get on with the program. We must come together to reverse this sad state of affairs.

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On Sep 24, 2015, at 12:04 PM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

I would guess this would tag back to the question: Are we really doing enough to understand the market well and roll out appealing content and apps that people would prefer to consume?

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Sylvia Musalagani via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Hi James,

I agree it is very unfortunate. It would be interesting to know why this is the case. Is the local content available online easily accessible and relevant to Kenyans? How are we promoting local content online and who is responsible for ensuring that we have more local content being consumed by Kenyans online?

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Sylvia Musalagani

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Sent: Thursday, 24 September, 2015 11:40:58
Subject: [kictanet] Most visited websites in Kenya

Hello listers,

I think it's unfortunate that over 300 of the top 500 most visited websites in Kenya are international http://www.hapakenya.com/2015/09/21/blogs-dominate-the-list-of-most-visited-kenyan-websites/


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