<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Ahmed & All<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">That’s one part of the equation. The other one is about creating an unfair advantage for our content developers. Africa has lost its role in the story telling space. We are the continent that gave the world the folklore stories of Brer Rabbit and Wise Old Tortoise now claimed as part of American Folklore.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As Mwendwa has said in his post, how do you get people to log in or even to know your content exists when its being crowded out by gilded gardens like <a href="http://internet.org" class="">internet.org</a>? </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There is a clear disconnect between what we do in the private sector and what policy makers craft. We must engage more in a meaningful manner. All too often we blame policy makers for making laws that are retrogressive. BUT we need to ask ourselves how many of us REALLY engage government in a meaningful manner?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The time has come for talk to be declared cheap and get on with the program. We must come together to reverse this sad state of affairs.</div><div class=""><br class=""><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 12:04 PM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy 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" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">I would guess this would tag back to the question: Are we really doing enough to understand the market well and roll out appealing content and apps that people would prefer to consume?<br class=""></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Sylvia Musalagani via kictanet<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: 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,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><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. 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