Favourable ICT policies supported innovations and mobile services

Mwai Kibaki pushed his officials to digitise public programmes and processes in tandem with the adoption of technology in the private sector. [File, Standard]

Former President Mwai Kibaki will be remembered for championing the cause of information communication and technology (ICT) and positioning Kenya as an investment hub for local and global technology firms.

In 2009, a year after ringing the opening bell at the Nairobi Securities Exchange to mark the debut of Safaricom shares at the bourse, President Kibaki launched the long-awaited East African Marine System fibre optic undersea cable.