Comments on: Kenya’s Mobile & Internet, by the Numbers (Q4 2010)

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:29:03 +0000

Where is the largest growth of mobile phone access and internet service taking place in Kenya; in cities or among the youth?

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By: HASH

HASH — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 06:02:26 +0000

Jerry, I think it is sustainable. They’re in that growth stage where they have to grow at a certain rate in order to get to critical mass to offset their lower rates.

By: Jerry h

Jerry h — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 05:22:45 +0000

Any thoughts about Zuku’s business model? Are they sustainable? Will they run into banwidth issues with continued growth? Just curious.

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By: James BonTempo

James BonTempo — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:56:02 +0000

Thanks for sharing, Erik. One thing I’d be curious to know that isn’t covered in this sort of high-level report: what are the demographic & socioeconomic profiles of the mobile Internet users? For example, are they generally young, urban, above average wage earners who are well educated and male? Or is access and utilization more evenly spread across multiple groups? Just thinking out loud…

By: Rombo

Rombo — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:42:39 +0000

Just to clarify after rereading what i posted: it appears it’s the number of mobile subscriptions that have tripled, not necessarily the number of subscribers. This is an important clarification because there are a good number of Kenyans who have multiple subscriptions from different networks.