Busy had/has a bigger concept: They are also an ISP, have a bar in the building, used to have a Monday movie night, I think, had some ICT classes and talks, and they had initially set up Busy to also serve as an incubator, although I think that did not really work out as planned. I have been there a couple of times of the years and always met some really fun and interesting people. Recently, they set up some work stations in a new shopping mall. <br>
<br>Mark Davies, one of the founders, set up BusyLab who, if I remember correctly, built e-soko, an online/mobile commodity trading and information platform that has recently attracted some investment from the IFC to support their roll out across the continent. <br>
<br>Regarding the internet cafes in Kenya: are there any data to show that the numbers are shrinking? Also, this is a market, too: If there is no demand for internet cafes, then they'll go out of business. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On 2 March 2011 19:27, Edith Adera <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eadera@idrc.or.ke">eadera@idrc.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma" size="2">I think what a Ghanian told me got me thinking "B</font><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma" 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><div class="im">
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> Eric Kirimi [<a href="mailto:eric@ictinfrastructure.co.ke" target="_blank">eric@ictinfrastructure.co.ke</a>]<br>
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<div style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); 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" <<a href="mailto:eadera@idrc.or.ke" target="_blank">eadera@idrc.or.ke</a>><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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