[kictanet] Most visited websites in Kenya

[James Wamathai]

It's complicated. I think the biggest problem we have here is that people
prefer International content and sites to Kenyan sites in general. You'll
find that if I write a story about A, he'll never even bother to share it
but if an International site does it, it's a real honour to them and
they'll share the hell out of it. Also, even just news consumption. It's
always better if it's foreign. A lot of traffic also goes to social
networks and porn sites which we really don't have here.

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On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Sylvia Musalagani <smusalagani at hivos.org>
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?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Sylvia Musalagani
>
> Open Society
> Freedom of Expression
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> *From: *"KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> *To: *smusalagani at hivos.org
> *Cc: *"James Wamathai" <jw at hapakenya.com>
> *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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