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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Tahoma" color="#000000" size="2">I think what a Ghanian told me got me thinking "B</font><font face="Tahoma" color="#000000" size="2">usyInternet does more than a cafe so the catch is i go to one place and do multiple things"</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">I think that might the "catch"...."a suite of services" to survive.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">Would love to see this in action.</font></div>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> Eric Kirimi [eric@ictinfrastructure.co.ke]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 02 March 2011 19:26<br>
<b>To:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions; Edith Adera<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] The Death of Cybercafes?<br>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><span>edith <br>
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i thought the government is implementing the PASHA centre's projects across the country. this will increase competition and eventually more cyber cafe.<br>
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<b>From: </b>"Edith Adera" <eadera@idrc.or.ke><br>
<b>To: </b>"Eric.K" <eric@ictinfrastructure.co.ke><br>
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<b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, March 2, 2011 7:12:16 PM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>[kictanet] The Death of Cybercafes?<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">Just back from Ghana where I was impressed to see that cybercafes are still alive (e.g. BusyInternet)...as my experience in Kenya is that it's hard to find a functional cybercafe within easy reach with cutting edge
services and programs (PDF etc)....most are closing down with Internet available on the mobile (with aggressive competition). So outside the office set-up and with minimal home connections...one has almost no options for innovation.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">Is it a good thing that cybers are dying in Kenya and broadband is yet to reach homes? what needs to be done differently to inform our efforts on digital villages etc?</font></div>
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