<div dir="ltr"><div>@ Ali, during the ICT Week hosted by CA also learnt that  coverage does not necessarily mean land mass, it means people in commercially viable areas. Maybe Adam can expound on the same. He had a very interesting presentation.</div><div><br></div><div>Best Regards<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 6:36 PM, Adam Lane via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Ali<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Yes, I prefer GSMA statistics as they are the only ones who calculate how many people have more than 1 sim card, and then they only count users. CA just counts
 sim cards, and many people have 2…<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Even number of smart phones is not entirely accurate as some people have 2 of them as well, but still number of smart phones is also a decent estimate.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> kictanet [mailto:<a href="mailto:kictanet-bounces%2Badam.lane" target="_blank">kictanet-bounces+adam.<wbr>lane</a>=<a href="mailto:huawei.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">huawei.com@lists.<wbr>kictanet.or.ke</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ali Hussein via kictanet<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 21, 2018 6:24 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Adam Lane <<a href="mailto:adam.lane@huawei.com" target="_blank">adam.lane@huawei.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Ali Hussein <<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" target="_blank">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>>; Robert Ochieng' <<a href="mailto:robrt.ochieng@gmail.com" target="_blank">robrt.ochieng@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [kictanet] of Statistics...and Statistics..<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div class="h5">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">This list has always tried to challenge ourselves and get information right. Developments goals are achieved when we deal with accurate information.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The Communications authority information on mobile penetration as of end of 2016 stood at over 90%. Yet the GSMA says Kenya's mobile penetration stood at 59%. See link and attached report.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">A few weeks ago there was a debate on this list about Internet coverage.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Tel: +254 713 601113</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with.</span>
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