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City Market traders banking on free internet for profits

CS Ministry of Information, Communication, Eliud Owalo (center) together with Dagoreti Mp John Kiarie (right) tour City Market during the launch of free Internet WiFi Hotspot that will facilitate digital commerce in Nairobi on November 9, 2022. [Silas Otieno, Standard]

The government has unveiled a pilot internet hotspot at the popular City Market in the Nairobi central business district that will see traders leverage free WiFi to grow their businesses.

This is the first of 25,000 similar installations that the State plans to roll out countrywide.

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