[kictanet] Kenya could miss Vision 2030 broadband goal

Wed Sep 5 14:25:24 EAT 2012

re: the internet figures, oft I have noted that reporters (and many others)
cannot quite distinguish between internet connections/subscriptions and
internet users which is probably why they allude to 10% (internet
connections - close enough)...in reality internet users by mid 2011 were at
25.9%.   Connections/subscriptions (including those on mobile which are
more than 90% of all internet connections) were abt 4.7 million around the
same period.

Overall the better metric to measure access is internet users e.g. Univ of
x can have a single broadband connection with 500 users, etc.   Or a SoHo
can have a single mobile connection, create a hot spot and support 4-5
users, etc

On 5 September 2012 09:58, Catherine Adeya <elizaslider at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Tim,
>
> Thanks for this response as I wanted to confirm the statistics before
> responding comprehensively. It is a shame when our Media report on things
> without confirming the facts which are easily available these days.
>
> CCK has done a great job of constantly updating the statistics (check out
> for July 2012 at
> http://www.cck.go.ke/resc/downloads/SECTOR_STATISTICS_REPORT_Q3_JUNE_2012.pdf
> )
>
> Let us do some simple Mathematics, what is the population of Kenya? Even
> if we want to estimate it at about 40mill on the higher side then put this
> against 11,840,544 Internet users (by March 2012 and increasing)...I could
> easily say that is about 25%...where does the Star get facts of 10% by 2008
> and STAGNATED!!!!! The 2012 figures are easily available.
>
> When I read the article I kind of feel like throwing these recent
> statistics in the mix:
>
> "The declining trend of satellite subscriptions was reversed during the
> quarter as the subscriptions increased from 669 the previous quarter to
> 787. The increase in subscription could be attributed to the need for
> operators to provide for redundancy as a result of the likely failure in
> the other modes of providing data/Internet services resulting from fibre
> cut and/or copper vandalism" (CCK, July 2012 Statistics).
>
> Need I say more? We are doing well in Kenya and when we get negative
> coverage from our media it does worry many of those who believe in us
> globally.
>
>  Best Regards,
>
> Nyaki
>
>
>
>   ------------------------------
> *From:* Mwololo Tim <timwololo at gmail.com>
> *To:* elizaslider at yahoo.com
> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 4, 2012 3:24 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Kenya could miss Vision 2030 broadband goal
>
> This cannot be so. Internet penetration surpassed 20% quite a while back.
> For example, another report I searched now (see attached), shows Kenya's
> Internet penetration being 28% by 2011 (
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_Internet_users).
> I am more tempted to believe this than the story from the Star, which is
> not a mainstream media house. All we need to do is to check the official
> figures from CCK. Regards. tm
>
> On 4 September 2012 13:51, Lucy Kimani <lkimani at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Bw. Mugo
>
> Please share the latest MTP.  I would like to review before commenting on
> the report below, but
> would love to hear your views since the postings on this seem to indicate
> you all may be caught
> between a rock and a hard place....
>
> Lucy
>
>
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> Kenya released findings on the progress the country has made towards
> achieving the Vision 2030 goal or Internet connectivity of at least 17% of
> the population. However, the report shows that the...
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