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NAIROBI ECCO Irving Slip On 511524-02001 Black , Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- The forecast that cybercafes in Kenya will die soon has become music to businessman Kevin Mutua.
Mutua, who runs the business in Komarock, on the east of Nairobi, has had the doomsayers talk about the demise of cybercafes for the past three years ECCO Jack Slip On 504034-02001 Black , but his internet cafe is still going strong.
And he has two certain categories of people to thank – the middle-aged and the elderly.
They are the customers who frequent his cybercafe every day to browse the internet, print documents and access typesetting services.
"Over 95 percent of my clients are people aged 45 and above. I rarely serve young people," said Mutua on Saturday.
As many other cybercafe operators in the capital, Mutua lost young people because many of them access the internet through mobile phones.
The Communication Authority of Kenya notes that mobile phones account for 99 percent of the 13.1 million internet subscriptions and the 22 million users in the East African nation. The numbers have been on the rise due to continued expansion of 3G services and popularity of social networking sites Men'S ECCO Leather Slip On 615215 Black , particularly among young people.
Having realized that the youth have no interest cybercafes, Mutua tailored his business to suit the needs of mature clients.
"Initially I used to play loud music in the cybercafe to attract the youth and had pasted various photos of celebrities, particularly those of English football, on the wall because that is what young people wanted ECCO Mens Intrinsic 2 Slip On 860504-51707 Black , but I stopped all that," Mutua said.
He then removed the photos from the walls and stopped playing loud music. He further redesigned the room to give clients more privacy. And his efforts have paid off.
"Most elderly people are not tech-savvy. I thus guide them in every step they take on the internet. I have opened emails for them and I keep their passwords, which they use to access their accounts when they come," he said.
The good thing about elderly people ECCO Collin Casual Slip On 535584-51707 Black , according to Mutua, is that they do not worry about charges.
"When they see something interesting on the internet, they will print so that they can read. And they can even stay on the computer for two hours. This gives me more income. Many young would save things in the flash disk and stay for less than 10 minutes," said Mutua Men'S ECCO Collin 535584 Blue , adding he can make 29 dollars on a good day.
Away from Mutua, at Terrific Cybercafe on Moi Avenue in the city center, the trend is the same.
"If you do not reach out to mature clients, then you cannot survive in this business currently ECCO Collin Loafer 535904-02001 Black ," said Calvin Oketch, an attendant who, at the internet point, which has diversified into selling soft drinks ECCO Classic Moc 2.0 570904-01072 Coffee , has a small studio for taking passport photos and offering Skype calls services.
To attract mature people, the cybercafe has also stopped playing loud music, and all the computer monitors are 17 inches for better viewing.
Bernard Mwaso, an information technology professional who runs Edell IT Solutions in Nairobi ECCO Classic Moc 2.0 570904-01001 Black , said mature people still throng cybercafes because their needs are different.
"Young people will not go to cybercafes because what many of them do on the internet is chat on social media. That can be done on phone comfortably. But for mature people, some of them would want to access government websites for tenders, and print documents, what you cannot do on phone ECCO Classic Moc 2.0 Loafer 570944-01014 Mink ," he said, adding that it is a good thing that cybercafes still have business.
LONDON， Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- As British Prime Minister Theresa May becomes the first foreign leader to meet new U.S. President Donald Trump， Britain's ties with the U.S. is set to prosper under the Trump presidency， British experts have said.
"That Trump is meeting May is significant，" Robert Busby， senior lecturer in politics and an expert on American politics with Liverpool Hope University， said in an interview with Xinhua.
Such a special relationship， however， could become more of an illusion if Trump forges a new relationship with Russia or if he acts in a way alien to British public and political opinion，
Busby said he expects the British-U.S. ties to prosper following two terms of Barack Obama in the White House.
"Trump was supportive of Brexit and saw that movement as being indicative of a greater anti-globalism concern among voters， which could be replicated in the U.S.，" he said.
The reinforcement of close relations with Britain， he said， would also resurrect the Reagan-Thatcher memories that were fondly remembered by U.S. Republicans in particular.
Britain and the U.S. had enjoyed close relations in the 1980s， under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagon.
"There are perceptions that Britain may become isolated after Brexit. (But) the message from Trump is that there are old relationships that can be rediscovered，" Busby said.
Trump's meetings with Nigel Farage， former leader of British political party UKIP， and now May are testament to a sympathy for British ideas and legacies， he said.
Busby said while there are opportunities for Britain following Brexit with a sympathetic president in place， there may be greater problems in getting concrete actions， particularly in the short term.
"The Brexit process， as has been shown， will be a slow and arduous procedure，" he said.
May has indicated that Britain will trigger Article 50， the formal procedure by which an EU member state notifies the European Council that it intends to leave the block， by the end of March.
Once triggered， Article 50 requires "divorce" negotiations to be completed within two years.
According to Busby， it will take some time to get trade deals enacted with the U.S.， and this is not in Trump's hands alone as there will be a need for support from the U.S. Congress.
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