Craigslist, the largest online classified ads had just reached new heights and connects with the people in Africa, starting with Kenya. Craigslist had just recently launch a new Craigslist page for the people of Kenya. That means that Craigslist is in more than 500 cities in the world and Kenya is the 2nd region in Africa to get a Craigslist page. The first African region that has a Craigslist page is South Africa.
In Kenya, the internet connection is not a necessity but a luxury. With such high prices for bandwidth on a poor country makes it hard for the Kenyans to enjoy the benefits of the internet. With Craigslist being a very simple and easy website that is not heavy on bandwidth, it is just perfect for Kenya.
In most regions of Africa, the language barrier is the problem that does not connect them from the world through the internet. If Craigslist setup a region specific site it would get even more popular in Kenya.
In Africa, there is a big difference in West Africa and East Africa. West Africa does not have much commerce going on which is why such giants as Ebay and Amazon did not set foot here. There are still a lot of questions about setting up online websites catering to the locals in Kenya, Uganda and other similar regions. The question really is, would it be accepted there?
great idea but how will we take advantage of your marketing potetial, will worldwide customers be willing to buy from us in kenya? is there any way that you/we can facillitate this aspect?