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indicate that the mobile subscriber base of both Celtel Kenya and Safaricom
escalated to about 4,611,970 around June 2005.
According to the Kenyan Government ICT sector report (2007:7), by the
year 2006, this figure had sharply escalated to about 8,000,000 subscribers.
(b) 73 registered ISPs, 16 of which are active; approximately 1,030,000
users and over 1000 cyber cafes and telephone bureaus as of June
2005.
(c) 16 operational television stations and 24 FM radio stations.
(d) Approximately 11,500 public phones installed throughout the country as
oJ the year 2003.
(e) An estimated 60% of the population has access to television and 90%
have access to radio services.
(g) Although there are several NGOs, particularly in Nairobi, that work
with ICTs, the study isolated two organizations, namely AfriAfya and AUN­
EA, that specifically work with ICTs and rural women.
Kenya has a draft ICT Policy document. This document has, however, not
yet been enacted into Parliament.
Correspondingly, the findings in South Africa indicate that:
(a) The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has 18 radio
stations that broadcast in 13 languages. Over 19 million adults in South
Africa tune into these stations daily (Department of Communications, 2005).
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