Thanks Anders for this I strong believe that the key driver to the cost of access here is the monopolistic tendencies by the network operators. I really doubt if the reduction on cost of license will have any impact on the pricing. Some providers like Telkom Kenya which have better potential either have no strategy to conquer what should be their forte or they simply love to maintain their current share of their pie instead of fighting for more.
Safaricom controls 98% of the data market in the country considering that 99% of the access to data services in Kenya are through mobile. That is according to this CCK quarterly report. This 98% market share has been achieved by default. Safaricom subscriber numbers and key offerings in VAS and bundled data services allows it to almost maintain its share with even higher pricing. The situation might not change anytime soon as long as we have not found a better and cost-effective way of delivering data to the last-mile. Safaricom has now raided our homes with the Webbox. ITU might next year rate us as being more expensive than they have this year considering that we will have still increased penetration but the dynamics will still be stagnant. What Kenya has achieved in the data is less of intervention of Ndemo and Kukubo who have done nothing but reward cronyism but more of a push by the local techies using all manner of guerilla tactics. The eqquation will change and pricing will go low only when the heavy users (techies, social media addicts and developers) push and push some more. Workshops, prayer crusades and sugarcane parties wont lower the costs. Alai
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