<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">James<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">With respect. I disagree. The content that trends the most in Kenya is very local indeed. #KOT anyone? :-)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">To add onto that. The most viewed programmes in Kenyan TV? (Apart from Premier League of course!!) :-) Are:-</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">1. Papa Shirandula</div><div class="">2. Mother in - law</div><div class="">3. Afrosinema (Read Naija) </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">And other locally produced content.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There is huge opportunity. My good friend, Mwaniki Mageria has started an online platform for Riverwood (Yes a play on River Road and Hollywood). More needs to be done. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 24, 2015, at 12:21 PM, James Wamathai via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">It's complicated. I think the biggest problem we have here is that people prefer International content and sites to Kenyan sites in general. You'll find that if I write a story about A, he'll never even bother to share it but if an International site does it, it's a real honour to them and they'll share the hell out of it. Also, even just news consumption. It's always better if it's foreign. A lot of traffic also goes to social networks and porn sites which we really don't have here. <br class=""></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class="">-----<br class=""><div class=""><p style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10px" class=""><a href="http://www.hapakenya.com/" target="_blank" class=""><img src="https://www.filepicker.io/api/file/ZUfUp34RQZiSnHpNxtN3/convert?w=150&h=55&fit=clip" alt="hapa kenya" border="0" class=""></a></p><p style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:11px;color:rgb(153,153,153)" class=""><font size="2" class=""><span style="font-weight:bold;color:rgb(43,38,38)" class="">james wamathai</span>
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<br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Sylvia Musalagani <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:smusalagani@hivos.org" target="_blank" class="">smusalagani@hivos.org</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=""><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><div class="">Hi James,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I agree it is very unfortunate. It would be interesting to know why this is the case. Is the local content available online easily accessible and relevant to Kenyans? How are we promoting local content online and who is responsible for ensuring that we have more local content being consumed by Kenyans online?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">Kind regards, <br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Sylvia Musalagani<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Open Society</div><div class="">Freedom of Expression<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hivos East Africa<br class="">ACS Plaza, Lenana Road|P.O. Box <span class=""><a href="callto:19875%20-%2000202" target="_blank" class="">19875 - 00202</a></span> | Nairobi | Kenya<br class="">Office: <span class=""><a href="callto:+254%20725%20451%20729" target="_blank" class="">+254 725 451 729</a></span> / <span class=""><a href="callto:+254%20789%20451%20729" target="_blank" class="">+254 789 451 729</a></span><br class="">Email: <span class=""><span class=""><a href="mailto:smusalagani@hivos.org" target="_blank" class="">smusalagani@hivos.org</a></span></span> | Skype: kanari.sylvia<br class="">website: <span class=""><span class=""><a href="http://www.east-africa.hivos.org/" target="_blank" class="">www.east-africa.hivos.org</a></span></span><br class=""></div></div><br class=""><hr class=""><div class=""><b class="">From: </b>"KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br class=""><b class="">To: </b><a href="mailto:smusalagani@hivos.org" target="_blank" class="">smusalagani@hivos.org</a><br class=""><b class="">Cc: </b>"James Wamathai" <<a href="mailto:jw@hapakenya.com" target="_blank" class="">jw@hapakenya.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Sent: </b>Thursday, 24 September, 2015 11:40:58<br class=""><b class="">Subject: </b>[kictanet] Most visited websites in Kenya<br class=""></div><br class=""><div class=""><span class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Hello listers,<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class="">I think it's unfortunate that over 300 of the top 500 most visited websites in Kenya are international <a href="http://www.hapakenya.com/2015/09/21/blogs-dominate-the-list-of-most-visited-kenyan-websites/" target="_blank" class="">http://www.hapakenya.com/2015/09/21/blogs-dominate-the-list-of-most-visited-kenyan-websites/</a><br class=""><br class=""></div></div>
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