I'm with Tim on this. I haven't looked at the overall data yet, but according to the BD articles and assuming they cite this correctly, some, by no means all, customers may have spoken: <br>'While AccessKenya’s revenue was up 32 per cent from Sh1.5 billion to
Sh2 billion last year, a slowdown in profit as a result of lower
corporate IT sales, last year, proved to be a major stumbling block for
the firm.'<br><br>This doesn't actually say whether the growth in corporate IT sales has slowed down, or the company's number of corporate clients has declined. <br><br>In addition, corporate ITdoesn't appear to have been a focus: <br>
'AccessKenya is eyeing the opportunity to tap the increasing appetite
for Internet connectivity in the high-end residential and SOHO (Small
offices and home offices) segment.'<br><br>And the company doubled its investments in infrastructure: <br>'Last year, AccessKenya spent Sh1 billion in investing activities compared to Sh511 million in 2008.'<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 23 March 2010 10:04, McTim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dogwallah@gmail.com">dogwallah@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
HI aki,<br>
<br>
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 7:31 AM, aki <<a href="mailto:aki275@googlemail.com">aki275@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Dear Listers,<br>
><br>
> Sorry for the cross-posting and am adding my opinion.<br>
><br>
> There is a story in Business Daily today titled " AccessKenya records 31<br>
> p.c. drop in profit " . No matter what way you look at the article, the<br>
> consumer has spoken.<br>
<br>
I'm not sure this is necessarily so. lower profit does not always<br>
stem from fewer customers.<br>
<br>
--<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
McTim<br>
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