<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; color: #333333'><span>edith <br><br>i thought the government is implementing the PASHA centre's projects across the country. this will increase competition and eventually more cyber cafe.<br></span><br><span id="8ae6ba99-f3f6-40e8-905f-41291a8306e7"><br><span name="x"></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2">Regards,</font><br><br><font size="2">Eric<br><strong></span><br></font></strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br></span><br><span name="x"></span><br></span><br><hr id="zwchr"><b>From: </b>"Edith Adera" <eadera@idrc.or.ke><br><b>To: </b>"Eric.K" <eric@ictinfrastructure.co.ke><br><b>Cc: </b>"KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, March 2, 2011 7:12:16 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>[kictanet] The Death of Cybercafes?<br><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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