[kictanet] [Skunkworks] Milestone: Half of Kenyans are now online, how long till half of them use Bitcoin?

Thu Jan 15 16:32:09 EAT 2015

I agree with you Ali.

Best Regards

On 1/15/15, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> Mark
>
> I entirely agree with your deductions hence my caveat about thumbs suck
> research. :)
>
> There is a lot of planning that can go wrong with inaccurate data. As we
> build infrastructure etc we must be cognizant of the fact that the ecosystem
> is not complete without all sorts of services that compliment it. One of the
> key things missing here is accurate data.
>
> Ali Hussein
>
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>
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>
> "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will
> have a generation of idiots".  ~ Albert Einstein
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Jan 15, 2015, at 1:51 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Mwendwa, the  best placed organisation to mainstreaming cable internet is
>> Kenya Power. Drop a fiber endpoint at every new building they connect to
>> the power grid. It could be live with their own service or dark for lease
>> to the likes of zuku or Safaricom. the companies can take care of the
>> interior cabling.
>>
>> Kenya Power is a service provider not an electricity company. If every
>> building with a power connection had a fiber connection irregardless of
>> whether it is used or not then the story of the last mile would be moot.
>>
>> If we insist Safaricom, zuku and whomever else lays their fibre then the
>> cost will remain high.
>>
>> Ali, I am still not convinced. Just try and count the connections
>> available to you and similar peers. You could find your circle of friends
>> controls upwards of 500 connections that are all counted as different
>> individuals. Much the same way Safaricom counts every SIM sold as a new
>> subscriber.
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 12:55 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet
>>> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>> @Mark
>>>
>>> I'm fairly certain that at least 13.5m Kenyans are online.
>>>
>>> My thumbs suck research :) tells me that. The other day I got a Facebook
>>> invite from my Watchman...:)
>>>
>>> Without proper stats I'm afraid we will be reduced to such anecdotes to
>>> extrapolate how many Kenyans are online. Ipsos also does a fairly good
>>> job on this.
>>>
>>> Ali Hussein
>>>
>>> +254 770 906375 / 0713 601113
>>>
>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim
>>> Skype: abu-jomo
>>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
>>> Blog: www.alyhussein.com
>>>
>>> "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will
>>> have a generation of idiots".  ~ Albert Einstein
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>
>>>> On Jan 15, 2015, at 12:25 PM, Josiah Mugambi via kictanet
>>>> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> @Mwendwa interesting analysis there. Another angle to consider is what
>>>> the premium Kenyans place on Internet? Say compared to basic voice
>>>> calls. I know for certain that my son's nanny spends more time on the
>>>> phone than me.
>>>>
>>>> Additionally how does internet use compare across different
>>>> demographics? What my strategy professor used to call the 'xaxa'
>>>> generation spend quite some time (and money) on FB...
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet
>>>>> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>>> Credible statistics! Kibera was the biggest slum in the world until we
>>>>> did the 2010 census. There were close to 10 million people living
>>>>> there, while the entire Nairobi was just close to 4.5 million. Talk of
>>>>> Hyperbole.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ali, I don't think Zuku internet has any significant coverage. They
>>>>> have setup infrastructure only in the affluent surbubs of the big
>>>>> cities in Kenya. And not all residents of those surbubs are
>>>>> subscribers.
>>>>>
>>>>> For once I admit to struggling in getting decent affordable Internet to
>>>>> my house. I rely heavily on Safaricom for home Internet (it has the
>>>>> best coverage in my area although its still crappy and cannot even load
>>>>> a WebEx connection) despite Safaricom being obscenely and immorally
>>>>> expensive.
>>>>>
>>>>> That brings me to my question. What can be done to provide reliable
>>>>> affordable broadband Internet to the masses? By affordable, the ratio
>>>>> of cost of Internet to income per capita should be reasonable. What do
>>>>> I mean? Kenya's per capita income is about $2790. If the cost of Zuku
>>>>> is $466 per year (zuku ksh3500 per month*12months/90 dollar exchange
>>>>> rated ), then that puts the cost of Internet at a bigger fraction of
>>>>> the average household income earned. Now will Kenya's buy Food or
>>>>> Internet?
>>>>>
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>>
>> Mark Mwangi
>>
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>>
>>
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