[kictanet] Kenya could miss Vision 2030 broadband goal

Mon Sep 10 17:16:44 EAT 2012

Hi,
I glimpsed at the report - and the data seems accurate (as of around mid
2011) - its the reporting in the article that was misleading...
Rgds

On 10 September 2012 16:10, Paul Roy <roykoikai at gmail.com> wrote:

> Catherine,
>
> Kindly also let the ministry officials validate these data before posting
> on their websites. I get a feeling that there is gross incompetence in our
> ministry officials and laziness from those responsible in cross checking
> and validating these reports.
>
> regards,
> Paul Roy.
>
> On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 6:30 AM, Catherine Adeya <elizaslider at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> Spot on....and Internet usage is a better measurement of growth as a
>> country than subscription. We do need to educate our media somehow...we are
>> willing starting with an open government portal and an up-to-date CCK
>> website.
>>
>> Nyaki
>>
>>
>>   ------------------------------
>> *From:* Francis Hook <francis.hook at gmail.com>
>> *To:* Catherine Adeya <elizaslider at yahoo.com>
>> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 5, 2012 9:25 PM
>>
>> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Kenya could miss Vision 2030 broadband goal
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> Kenya could miss Vision 2030 broadband goal<http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/itnewsafrica/%7E3/wYvLh_tPtBk/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email>
>> Posted: 03 Sep 2012 01:41 AM PDT
>>  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...
>>
>>
>> http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2012/09/kenya-could-miss-vision-2030-broadband-goal/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+itnewsafrica+%28ITNewsAfrica.com%29
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