While the number of mobile users in Kenya stands at over 20 million, only 1 in 5 users has access to the internet, meaning that a large portion of the country’s population is still offline. A large segment of this population relies on cyber cafes for basic online activities, like checking their email and accessing e-government Continue Reading
According to the Communications Authority of Kenya, 95% of the population can access and utilize ICT services with internet penetration standing at 43% in January 2020. And when you hear that Kenyan tech startups funding in 2020 was over KES.19 billion, every entrepreneur has one thought. We are here to embrace technology. We all hear Continue Reading
Pamela Wesongs – Owner Teetyrant Cyber Cafe (Busia) Today, you hear people talking about how they left employment to run their own businesses and have never regretted the decision they made. Being an employee, I would constantly see myself as a business owner particularly when I experienced hard times in the office. But, my friends Continue Reading
John Ngugi – Owner Alientech Cyber Cafe (Muranga) Since childhood, I have always had a passion for computers. Having seen how cyber cafes around me were incompetent and not up to speed particularly with the current trend used to make me very upset. At the time I was running an agrovet which was doing fine Continue Reading
Allan Didack – Owner Blessed Cyber Cafe (Mombasa) A lot of business stories don’t follow a conventional path. The road to business success is paved with headaches, hang-ups and setbacks. The business owner’s capacity to persevere in the face of adversity is what is required to emerge better and bigger. We read a lot of Continue Reading
Evans Barasa – Owner Gwanso ICT Centre (Sigalagala) I was working as a Social Development Assistant. The idea of starting a cyber cafe was born when I tried to get a copy of the certificate that I needed for an application I was making and had to travel for 16 kilometres to the nearest town Continue Reading