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Website for Informal Traders Launched

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Published on Monday, 02 July 2007 04:27
A commercial Internet service for small enterprises has been launched in Kisii town. Oasis Information Service provides small-scale entrepreneurs with the latest news on how to run their businesses, improve skills and deal with customers. Targeted groups are hairdressers, dressmakers, metal workers and wood and soapstone carvers.

The firm's website, http://www.oasis-info.org, is in English and Kiswahili.

It was launched on Wednesday by District Officer Tingo Nyamatiko. Kisii Jua Kali Association chairman Walter Nyaoso Obuya said his members were grateful for the internet, but added that they needed their own computers since cybercafes were time-wasting and cumbersome.Oasis Information Service was started by Intermediate Technology Development Group with financial support from the Britain's Department for International Development.