The Kenya Kiosk Project


Better Connections for a Better Kenya

Categories and Subject Descriptors

H.4.3 [Information System Applications]: Communications Applications  internet.

C.2.1 [Computer-Communication Networks]: Network Architecture and Design  Wireless communication.

General Terms

Economics, Human Factors, Design, Theory

Keywords

East Africa, Kenya, adoption, internet access, multimodal information kiosk, rural communication

 

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Kenya is fortunate in being one of the few third-world countries to receive some public international attention over recent years. This is no surprise, as the government of the country has been extremely amenable to outside assistance and ideas. However, well intentioned solutions have thrown the population of Kenya into an economic divide. There are a great many poor and very few rich. One of the reasons for this problem is the lack of business or economic communication from the rural area communities that produce raw goods and handicrafts to the urban and industrial areas who would purchase them. Kenya’s growing education system and communication systems make it ripe for a business communications revolution that could catapult the country into a competitive status on the global stage. This website will examine the situation as it stands in Kenya now, technologically and socially. It will propose a solution: a system of rural shared kiosks with software connected to a special network that, with the correct multi-national corporation sponsorship, will allow the rural poor to sell directly at home and abroad, creating a greater flow of income and a significant foothold to join the global economy. Finally, the website will cover the possible effects of the Kiosk solution, both positive and negative, to account for eventualities.

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