Rural Internet Kiosks -‐ Overview - Africa Rural Connect

Intersat wins $12M tender to supply 53 Universities in Kenya with Internet connectivity See below statement by Professor Meoli – Head of Kenya Educational Network Trust: From: Meoli Kashorda [mailto:mkashorda@kenet.or.ke] Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 7:01 PM Dear Victor, Kai, Owino, Musili and Hanif, Thank you all for making time to attend the meeting convened by Victor Kyalo. I think it was a very fruitful meeting that will only strengthen our partnership. I think supplying the 214.552 Mb/s of 1:1 contention bandwidth immediately solved a huge problem for us especially with the PS Ndemo talking about broadband for universities. We in KENET certainly are indebted to Intersat Africa -­‐ we just want to make sure that we can fully account for public resources we have been given and improve the learning environment of Kenyan universities. In sub-­‐Sahara Africa, Kenya is the only country that has decided to support universities in this way, other countries just talk! Now that we have solved the most challenging technical and commercial problems, I want to congratulate Intersat and their partners on the ground on a job well-­‐done. Thanks again Meoli Kashorda KENET/USIU i http://eAfrica.com.ng/show_news.php?article=3851