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Investment: Poor policy slowing Kenya’s ICT sector as neighbours take lead

i-Hub center in Nairobi (File Standard)

NAIROBI, KENYA: Ten years ago Kenya was on the cusp of a digital revolution.

Safaricom, the leading mobile subscriber, had just completed a successful Initial Public Offering that was over-subscribed by more than 500 per cent and coming just a few months after the 2007/08 post-election violence.

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