Kenya: Internet is Creeping Up on Television for Key 18-24 Demographic

Kenya: Internet is Creeping Up on Television for Key 18-24 Demographic


The number of Kenyan Internet users is going up. On average, the Internet users spent 1.1 hours daily online, and 1.6 hours on average spent daily watching television, and 7.2 hours spent listening to the radio. 20% of people are using the Internet for new and current affairs. 40-50% of people are using the Internet for entertainment, games and music, social networking and instant messaging, e-mails, and job search. If the internet was faster Kenya people said that they would increase the duration of surfing the net. There are now 3.5 million Internet users in Kenya. Daily Internet users have grown from 2% in 2007 to 5% in 2009. In urban areas, use grew from 22% in 2007 to 30% in 2009. In rural areas, use grew from 4% in 2007 to 9% in 2009.

I think that it is a good thing that Kenyans have access to the Internet. This makes me feel that the Internet is worth having. The Internet tells someone anything and everything they want to know. This makes me think that the more Internet users, the more money the Internet companies get, but if the Internet was faster for Kenyans, I think more people would use the Internet for fast research. In the past few years more people have used the Internet in Kenya more than ever before, and I think that the television companies in Kenya are scared that they will not be as popular when more Kenyans begin to get a computer.