Why it should concern all of us that Kenya is heading to a digital apartheid

A sewction of youths who took to the streets to protest in honour of those killed during the Anti-Finance Bill on June 25, 2025. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

I first heard of the term digital apartheid in a news piece about Kashmir, and it piqued my interest. I heard it in the context of the Kashmir conflict, which is a conflict over the territory of Kashmir between India and Pakistan, mainly, but also between China and India.

From time to time, India justifies their “closure” of internet services in Kashmir by citing public safety and peace for all.   Recently, I was in a women's meeting in Nairobi where I got to interact with different women from around Africa, and we started speaking about the internet and upcoming elections in Uganda and Tanzania.