I think what a Ghanian told me got me thinking "BusyInternet does more than a cafe so the catch is i go to one place and do multiple things" I think that might the "catch"...."a suite of services" to survive. Would love to see this in action. Edith ________________ Edith Ofwona Adera Senior Program Specialist ICT4D Program and Climate Change & Water Program International Development Research Centre | Centre de recherches pour le développement international Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa Tel: +254202713160 | Fax/Téléc: +254202711063 | Skype: edithadera eadera@idrc.or.ke<mailto:eadera@idrc.or.ke> | www.idrc.ca<http://www.idrc.ca/> | www.crdi.ca<http://www.crdi.ca/> ________________________________ From: Eric Kirimi [eric@ictinfrastructure.co.ke] Sent: 02 March 2011 19:26 To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions; Edith Adera Subject: Re: [kictanet] The Death of Cybercafes? edith i thought the government is implementing the PASHA centre's projects across the country. this will increase competition and eventually more cyber cafe. Regards, Eric ________________________________ From: "Edith Adera" <eadera@idrc.or.ke> To: "Eric.K" <eric@ictinfrastructure.co.ke> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Wednesday, March 2, 2011 7:12:16 PM Subject: [kictanet] The Death of Cybercafes? Listers Just back from Ghana where I was impressed to see that cybercafes are still alive (e.g. BusyInternet)...as my experience in Kenya is that it's hard to find a functional cybercafe within easy reach with cutting edge services and programs (PDF etc)....most are closing down with Internet available on the mobile (with aggressive competition). So outside the office set-up and with minimal home connections...one has almost no options for innovation. Is it a good thing that cybers are dying in Kenya and broadband is yet to reach homes? what needs to be done differently to inform our efforts on digital villages etc? Edith ________________ Edith Ofwona Adera Senior Program Specialist ICT4D Program and Climate Change & Water Program International Development Research Centre | Centre de recherches pour le développement international Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa Tel: +254202713160 | Fax/Téléc: +254202711063 | Skype: edithadera eadera@idrc.or.ke<mailto:eadera@idrc.or.ke> | www.idrc.ca<http://www.idrc.ca/> | www.crdi.ca<http://www.crdi.ca/> _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: eric@ictinfrastructure.co.ke Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/eric%40ictinfrastructur...