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Kenya's digital economy Is the next frontier of growth and opportunity

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ICT Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo during the official opening of Konza Digital Skills Laboratory at Kenya Coast National Polytechnic in Mombasa on August 7, 2023. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]

Ongoing assessment of the Kenya Kwanza government's first year in power, allows us to take stock of the Digital Superhighways' contribution to the socio-economic transformation of Kenya, under the leadership of President, William Samoei Ruto.

Kenya's Digital Masterplan 2022-2032 recognizes infrastructure as the foundation upon which all Information, Communication, and Digital Technologies and any progress emanating therefrom are anchored. It is for this reason that under the Infrastructure Pillar of the plan, the government embarked on laying 100,000 kilometres of fibre-optic cable countrywide, including to unserved and under-served regions.

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