Dear colleagues
<div><br></div><div>I have a reprieve</div><div><br></div><div>Can you please help me with final edits since I just had a baby. I still am looking for a few lines on the importance (and accomplishments) of the ICT Board. I found an April 15 article on digital villages, but it would be good to know where the GoK plans to locate them. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Here is an additional paragraph I wrote for my conclusion based on what Harry sent me. </div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">As this document goes to publication, Kenya has four cellular telephony providers, Zain Kenya, Safaricom, Orange, and Essar Yu. This means that competition is heating up in this market, but Kenya still is catching up with its neighbors. </font></b><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Accordingly, Kenyan consumers have continued to pay sharply higher tariffs than necessary for mobile telephony. The lack of competitiveness in Kenya’s mobile telephony sector is reflected in comparatively high prices. On average, Kenyans pay more than most Africans for cellular telephony, giving up nearly 24 percent of their monthly GNI for mobile services per capita.</font></b><span><span><a name="128454253aa7a49b__ednref1" title="" style="color: rgb(17, 65, 112); "><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">[i]</font></b></a><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> The most impressive recent achievement of the Kenyan government in the ICT sector has been its participation in the live marine Internet cable projects, including EASSy, TEAMs and SEACOM. These have increased internet speeds dramatically, reduced broadband pricing for consumers, and may reduce prices for mobile consumers.</font></b></span></span></span></div>