[kictanet] Most visited websites in Kenya

[Grace Githaiga]

@Ahmed, true about Nairobi half life. Infact, it featured on KQ International flights for a while. Just like the Naswas's and Kaa Rada have replaced the foreign content on our National Carrier. Meaning that appealing content will always find support from audiences.
RgdsGG

Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 12:26:23 +0300
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Most visited websites in Kenya
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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:
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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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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