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Digital inequality high despite sector growth

ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru (centre) shows pupils of Ortum Boys Boarding Primary School in West Pokot how to use tablets in 2016. [File, Standard]

Though Kenya has made significant leaps in the adoption of mobile technology and is hailed as a hub for financial technology (fintech) and a thriving mobile money ecosystem, there still exist gaps in various segments.

The huge growth has seen mobile money lenders such as Tala and Branch receive billions of shillings in capital injection over the last two years as global investors seek to have a piece of the lucrative market.

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