Companies are rushing to redesign their websites to cash in on a growing customer base that is increasing using the mobile phone to access the internet.

Mobile internet users are growing faster than the normal internet connectivity through the personal computers.

Recent numbers released by the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) saw an increase of 200,000 new mobile phone internet users between the months of March and June this year.

With a total of two million surfing the web using their mobile phones, local web developers are now shifting focus to creating mini sites that are more easily viewable on smaller mobile screens.

Web developing agencies like Dotsavvy are now ensuring that all new web sites developed have mobile web modules or plug-ins installed that ensure that client web sites can be viewed on mobile phones as well.

“A good number of recent requests for proposals from our corporate clients and prospective buyers make this a key requirement for winning their business,” says Moses Kemibaro, the business development director of Dotsavvy.

A new trend web developers are encountering is the growing requirement by companies to shift their message boards, discussion forums and blogs to mobile phones.

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