
[Please ignore my previous message. Hit the send button accidentally :) ] Great defining Internet moments in Kenya Internet: a) The end of the Telkom Kenya monopoly as the only Internet gateway circa 2004 b) The growth of mobile Internet and its unseating of the desktop/laptop as the tool for accessing the Internet (2009-Present). c) The founding of the first local and regional Internet Governance Forum (EA IGF in 2008) and the Kenya IGF (2010) {Barrack you can fill out any gaps}. d) To fill you on some dates: - The First ISP in Kenya (non-commercial) founded by the African Regional Centre For Computing (AARC) went online in 1993. - The First commercial ISP in Kenya (Formnet) began operating in 1995. - CCK the regulator founded in 1999 (used to be part of the now moribund Kenya Posts and Telecommunications Corporation). - TESPOK (houses the Kenya Internet Exchange) founded in 1999. - KENIC (the .KE registry) was founded in 2003 (though consultations to its establishment took place from 2001) Some useful resources: http://www.itu.int/africainternet2000/countryreports/ken_e.htm