Hi Steven,<div><br></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><i>> I am interested in discovering both local and national Kenyan or </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><i>African politicians who are quite active with social media.</i></span></div>
</div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Hon Martha Karua is active on twitter -> <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/martha_w_karua">http://twitter.com/#!/martha_w_karua</a> . </span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">President Kikwete as well for his re-election campaign - <a href="http://twitter.com/kikwete2010">http://twitter.com/kikwete2010</a></span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">I'm sure there are a few more..</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br>
</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/martha_w_karua"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: arial; "><i>> I am interested to understand what percent of Kenyan mobile phones are used to access the Internet in some way beyond SMS.</i></span></span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><br></span></span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;">Opera's monthly 'State of the Mobile Web' might be indicative of the level of mobile internet usage in Kenya -> <a href="http://www.opera.com/smw/2010/08/">http://www.opera.com/smw/2010/08/</a> (August Report). </span></span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://www.moseskemibaro.com/2010/10/01/state-of-the-kenyan-mobile-web-august-2010/">Moses Kemibaro did a blog post</a> on this a little while ago.</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Hope that's a start :)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; "><br>
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Kind Regards,</span></div><div><div dir="ltr">--<br><font color="#990000">Josiah Mugambi </font></div><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 7 Oktoba 2010 8:31 alasiri, Steven Clift <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:clift@e-democracy.org">clift@e-democracy.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Warigia, thank you for passing along my request.<br>
<br>
I've joined your forum to help me become better informed about current<br>
examples of online engagement in Kenya - I have a hunch I will humbly<br>
learn far more than I will ultimately share with my upcoming speaking<br>
trip.<br>
<br>
This is me: <a href="http://stevenclift.com" target="_blank">http://stevenclift.com</a> - I've spoken across almost 30<br>
countries on "e-democracy" but this is my first opportunity to visit<br>
Sub-Saharan Africa. I run, <a href="http://E-Democracy.org" target="_blank">http://E-Democracy.org</a> which created the<br>
world's first election information website in 1994 and today focuses<br>
on hosting local online discussion that matter. We have a special Ford<br>
Foundation funded effort in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood of<br>
Minneapolis which has large Somali and Oromo populations:<br>
<a href="http://e-democracy.org/inclusion" target="_blank">http://e-democracy.org/inclusion</a><br>
<br>
So I've put out a few global queries:<br>
<br>
Digitial Inclusion Network:<br>
<a href="http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/inclusion/messages/topic/2AiHjJ1MZ8Hr8dsz2vOoeT" target="_blank">http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/inclusion/messages/topic/2AiHjJ1MZ8Hr8dsz2vOoeT</a><br>
<br>
Democracies Online Exchange:<br>
<a href="http://groups.dowire.org/r/topic/3Y7NmSTaw3sb7cm7SGvtKz" target="_blank">http://groups.dowire.org/r/topic/3Y7NmSTaw3sb7cm7SGvtKz</a><br>
<br>
See the links for the great responses so far.<br>
<br>
Here is a query for your network ...<br>
<br>
I am interested in discovering both local and national Kenyan or<br>
African politicians who are quite active with social media. Being able<br>
to point out examples at a more local level where the feedback loop<br>
and closeness to the public is often stronger is quite useful.<br>
<br>
I am also interested in any political, government, or NGO-based<br>
"engagement" or "consultation" sites that have jumped on the mobile<br>
bandwagon. I am particularly interested in any mobile website or apps<br>
that are taking advantage of the increasingly popular smartphone<br>
broader net access beyond SMS. I am interested to understand what<br>
percent of Kenyan mobile phones are used to access the Internet in<br>
some way beyond SMS.<br>
<br>
Any suggestions? Links? Comments?<br>
<br>
Thanks for having me as a guest here.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
Steven Clift<br>
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Executive Director - <a href="http://E-Democracy.Org" target="_blank">http://E-Democracy.Org</a><br>
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