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  • Kenya’s 47 counties partner with central government to develop ICT master-plans

    Kenya’s 47 counties have partnered with the central government to develop and implement their ICT master-plans, senior officials from Kenya ICT Authority said on Thursday.

    “We have forged linkages with counties to help them develop ICT master-plans in line with the central government’s directive to digitize public services,” Kenya ICT Authority said the Marketing Director, Eunice Kariuki said in Nairobi.

    She spoke to Xinhua during the announcement of ConnectedKenya 2014 conference to be held in mid April in the coastal city of Mombasa.

  • Kenya’s broadband strategy asks for ten fold increase for ICT budget

    Kenya's ICT sector is gearing up for massive reforms following the launch of the National Broadband Strategy (NBS), which is seeking to increase ICTs to 5 per cent of the national budget.

    Released by the Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology, the KSh257 billion (US$2.9 billion) NBS aims to streamline the sector through providing a roadmap to transform Kenya into a knowledge-based society driven by a reliable high-capacity nationwide broadband network.

  • Kenya’s civil societies urge electoral credibility

    As confusion persists over the procurement of electronic voter registration system for Kenya's general elections scheduled for March 2013, several organizations have urged Independent Electoral and Boundary Commission (IEBC) to revert to manual voter registration.

    On Monday, IEBC cancelled and soon after reinstated the procurement for Biometric Voter Registration kits following a row in the tendering process. IEBC Chief Executive Officer James Oswago had announced the cancelation but was overruled the commission’s Procurement Manager Bernard Nyachio.

  • Kenya’s cyber law being developed

    Kenya’s cyber law, when enacted, could be adopted as a model law for other countries within the East African Community (EAC) — Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi — which are yet to enact such kind of legislation to give regulatory direction for ICT-related transactions.

    Already, a process has been initiated under the auspices of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Washington’s Economic Growth Agriculture and Trade/Information Technology and Energy (EGAT/IT&E) Bureau to guide the process leading to the development of the legislation in Kenya.

  • Kenya’s e-health potential remains untapped

    As services assume electronic status, many sectors are coming up with innovative Information Technology (IT) solutions which make it easier to deliver cost effective services.

    Among the lucrative yet unexploited sectors is e-health. E-health refers to health services and information delivered or enhanced through the Internet and related technologies.

  • Kenya’s ICT sector looking up despite archaic policies

    For a country that is in the league of laggards in the ongoing technology race, the rise of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) as one of the main drivers of Kenya’s economy has come as surprise.

    Experts say this sector, which has been operating in a legal vacuum, could achieve more in improving the economy in the coming five years if better policies were put in place.

    Bitange Ndemo, the Information and Communications permanent secretary, however, says failure by Parliament to pass the ICT and Information Bill has stifled growth in the sector.

  • Kenyan Firm to Lead Construction of U.S.$210 Million Smart City in Kinshasa

    A Kenyan-grown financial consultancy firm, AVLC Group, has been picked by MC Telecom, a Kinsasha-based firm, to offer lead consultancy services in the construction of a multi-billion-shilling smart city in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

    The state-of-the-art project dubbed Kasangulu Smart City covering an imposing 40 hectares of prime land valued at USD210 million (Sh32 billion) is designed to accommodate multi-storey houses, a level 4 hospital, a school, a train station, a water theme park, malls, shopping centres, a hotel, club houses, a lake, an artificial beach and an array of other essential facilities.

  • Kenyan gov’t embraces open source

    The Kenyan government is ditching proprietary software in favour of free and open-source software alternatives in a move it hopes will save it money.

    According to a report in Business Daily, the migration away from proprietary systems will see related costs go down by 20% initially but by as much as 80% within three years of the move having taken place.

    The report quotes Katherine Getao, the ICT secretary at the directorate of e-government, as saying that it costs a government agency about 237m shillings (about R23m) a year to acquire and upgrade copyrighted software.

  • Kenyan government launches bandwidth service for universities

    The Kenyan government through the ICT Authority and the Kenya Education Network Trust (KENET) has officially launched the KENET Network, a US$22.5 million basic internet bandwidth service that connects member institutions at competitive and sustainable prices.

    KENET aims to increase the uptake of bandwidth among students and academia in institutions of higher learning through interconnecting all universities, tertiary and research Institutions in Kenya by setting up cost effective high speed access to the internet.

  • Kenyan government sets up Internet Exchange Point

    The Kenyan government has made a bold step toward ensuring network security for its agencies by setting up an Internet Exchange Point, where they all will connect.

    The Government Internet eXchange Point (GIXP) will allow government ministries and agencies to peer -- connect directly without going through third parties -- ensuring that the contents are not exposed to malicious hackers, data miners and eavesdroppers, among other security threats.

  • Kenyan government, Orange to meet over fibre network

    The meeting has been set for this week between Orange Telkom Kenya and the government to decide whether the company will continue managing the country’s National Optic Fibre Backbone Infrastructure (NOFBI) programme, which has seen uptake below 50 per cent despite KSh5 billion (US$57.7 million) investment.

    HumanIPO reported last month Kenya’s Ministry of ICT cabinet secretary Dr Fred Matiangi had written to the company informing it of his ministry’s intention to cancel a lucrative contract after suggestions France Telecom is looking to dispose of its operations in the country.

  • Kenyan govt and UN to train 45 officials in e-Government

    The Kenyan government has formed a partnership with the United Nations to train 45 officials in e-government services to enhance delivery and strengthen communication. Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i said the training will boost the government's digital migration programme. Matiang'i said that with sustainable ICT development, the government will increase access to education services and disseminate information to the public easily. Matiang'i said that at least 200 officers had trained under the umbrella of Presidential Digital Programme (PDP) and are due to start providing ICT services in ministries, Huduma Centres and other government agencies in the next month.

  • Kenyan govt mulls ICT master plan

    The Kenyan government is drawing up an ICT master plan, following a report released last week by consultancy Accenture revealing misallocated resources, incorrect priorities and inefficiencies in the public sector's IT use.

    The study was done in collaboration with Kenya's e-government directorate and the Kenya ICT board in order to assess the government's IT spending, technology, capacity, priorities and key projects.

    The report found a mismatch between the funds allocated to ministries by the treasury and the amounts actually spent, with ministries struggling to disperse their IT budgets due to capacity issues.

  • Kenyan ICT on track for strong growth

    The Kenyan government projects that the country’s ICT sector will approach 20% growth by 2017, with the government making every effort to help boost this growth.

    This is according to Dr Fred Matiangi, Cabinet Secretary in Kenya’s Ministry of ICT, who was addressing the opening of the second edition of the ICT Week organized by the Communications Authority of Kenya.

  • Kenyan mobile money transactions rise to Kshs 1.7 trillion

    Kenyans have made 661.6 million transactions value at 1.7 trillion shillings through mobile money transactions between July and September.

    According to a Communications Authority first quarter report for financial year 2019/2020 the increase of mobile money services was driven by increased access to mobile network signal and exciting product offers by the telecos that pushed mobile penetration to 112 percent.

  • Kenyan online firms register huge traffic, urges government policy on e-commerce

    Kenya’s online companies have urged the government to make clear frameworks and policies in support of e-commerce in the country, with experts terming the sector as “mammoth”.

    The e–commerce market has been growing in recent years, forcing entrepreneurs to shift strategies to tap into the almost ten million Kenyans with internet access.

    Ben Maina, chief executive officer (CEO) of Rupu, said e-commerce is experiencing rapid growth, especially due to the uptake of mobile banking.

  • Kenyan postal sector to be modernised

    The Kenyan Government has challenged the country’s postal sector to use ICTs to meet new customer demands.

    Speaking at the 5th Annual Postal/Courier Stakeholders’ Forum, ICT Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiang’i urged postal/courier industry players to utilise ICTs to roll out innovative products and thus boost their business.

    He said ICTs presented more opportunities than threats to the postal/courier industry. He said his ministry was ready to facilitate any necessary policy and regulatory interventions to boost the performance of the postal/courier sector.

  • Kenyan public service to change radically

    From this year, the private sector will be hired by government to recommend who should be retained or fired from the public service in a series of radical measures aimed at overhauling the civil service, Africanews has established.

    The group of private sector representatives will also be required to recommend promotions, enhancements, demotions, salary hikes and re-organization in a fundamental change of operations in government.

  • Kenyan universities ranked top in East Africa in ICT

    Kenyan universities edged out their East African counterparts to emerge top in a new survey focused on the adoption of information and communication technology in higher education. Private universities outperformed public institutions and Uganda’s Makerere University was placed first.

    The survey by the research firm CPS international, sponsored by the Pan African Education Trust, found East African universities to be increasingly embracing ICT in teaching and learning and comparing favourably with international universities in the use of technology.

  • Kenyans could find mistakes in voter records on election day next week

    90 percent of eligible voters in Kenya have not confirmed their details with the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), and many may find mistakes in their records as they cast their ballots next week.

    Reported in Sabahi Online, last year, 14.3 million Kenyans registered to vote, and this year, up to 12.9 million people may find mistakes in the voter records on election day.

    The elections in the country, set to take place on Monday, March 4, 2013, have been called one of the “most important elections since independence.”

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