[kictanet] Most visited websites in Kenya

[Ahmed Mohamed Maawy]

Looks like there is a Social Innovation around this then that would lurk
around the corner. This social innovation is packaged with appealing
content and a message to call to action for people to support their own
drive.

Again, change can never happen if we do not give appealing content. If we
had *content* that can be at par or at least close to western alternatives
I guess we can sell the *value proposition* (message and call to action).

I like what Nairobi Half Life did. Nairobi Half Life is a very good example
of what I just mentioned above, it actually was in the cinemas.

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 12:21 PM, James Wamathai <jw at hapakenya.com> wrote:

> 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:
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>> 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
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>> *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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