<div dir="auto">The way I look at it...<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Marrying the digital divide to business case (as defined in the corporate world) would always have the same repercussions... Not making financial sense to keep a project going.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">When we look at the underserved areas, some re-definitions need to be made. Sticking to defining business case / profitability in Nairobi and that in off-the-grid place e.g. Bombi Village (in the vast interiors of Kilifi county) would definitely knock-off Bombi from getting ANY SERVICE!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Having said that, wasn't USF meant to such issues? I think it is important that we revisit the utilisation of funds by USF. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Whilst we are on this business case / profitability quagmire, let's look at the cases unfolding kids studying under trees, teachers with underlying conditions being forced to risk their lives as they have no alternative to deliver their duty of teaching... Can we put a price tag on this?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Something to ponder on as the weekend starts!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards</div><div dir="auto">Twahir</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 4:37 PM Barrack Otieno via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><a class="gmail_plusreply" id="m_-6716361575239291232plusReplyChip-0" href="mailto:davidindeje@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">@David Indeje</a><div> Terribly news, Loon left before reaching Omabei, like <a class="gmail_plusreply" id="m_-6716361575239291232plusReplyChip-1" href="mailto:kivuva@kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">@Mwendwa Kivuva</a> says, we might not have had a good business case for it.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Isorait as it is said in my village<br></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 12:20 PM David Indeje via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">The reason I said it was a blow besides Astro Teller, CEO of X, chairman of Loon’s board pledging a $10 million fund to support businesses focused on connectivity, education, entrepreneurship and internet in Kenya, is that, the time it took for Telkom to start using the infrastructure cannot be washed away from 2018 to be effected 2020.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">True, the underserved will feel it. A question that triggers other questions and concerns from Listers on this platform on community networks, ICT Authority's and Communication Authority's time frame to ensure we close this gap. </div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-top:6pt"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><span style="font-size:10pt" lang="EN-GB"></span></b></font></p><div style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;display:inline"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b> </b></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;display:inline"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b> </b></font></div><font style="font-size:12.8px" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b>Kind Regards,</b></font><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-top:6pt"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b></b></font></p><p></p><p style="font-size:small"></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-top:6pt"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><span style="font-size:10pt" lang="EN-GB">David Indeje </span></b></font></p></div><div dir="ltr"><img alt="" style="color:rgb(74,74,74);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;max-height:15px;vertical-align:bottom;width:auto" border="0"><span style="color:rgb(74,74,74);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> +254 (0) 711 385 945 | +254 (0) 734 024 856 </span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 22 Jan 2021 at 11:42, Mwendwa Kivuva <<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Not a blow to Telkom Kenya at all, but a blow for the underserved. Loon was a 4G/LTE coverage infrastructure provider using floating cell towers for hard to reach areas. Telkom would lease the infrastructure the same way you can lease masts from other infrastructure providers.<div><br></div><div>Since it is a floating tower for underserved areas, the business case becomes difficult to justify because there is no critical mass in those areas to cover the value chain. And that is why subsidies are important in ensuring the marginalized still enjoy some semblance of internet access like the more privileged citizens in more urban areas. <br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr">______________________<br>Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya<br><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mwendwa-kivuva" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mwendwa-kivuva</a></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 22 Jan 2021 at 10:22, David Indeje via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">Alphabet’s Internet Loon Project is Shutting Down, Blow to Telkom Kenya.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">**Loon launched a pilot project in Kenya in 2020 <br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif">1. <a href="https://medium.com/loon-for-all/loon-draft-c3fcebc11f3f" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://medium.com/loon-for-all/loon-draft-c3fcebc11f3f</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"> </div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-top:6pt"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><span style="font-size:10pt" lang="EN-GB"></span></b></font></p><div style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;display:inline"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b> </b></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;display:inline"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b> </b></font></div><font style="font-size:12.8px" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b>Kind Regards,</b></font><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-top:6pt"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b></b></font></p><p></p><p style="font-size:small"></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-top:6pt"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#990000"><b><span style="font-size:10pt" lang="EN-GB">David Indeje </span></b></font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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