One of the key promises by the Kenya Kwanza administration was to transform provision of services by leveraging technology. Well, the promise is on course with ongoing implementation of the Kenya National Digital Master Plan 2022-2032 which underpins the country’s digital plans.
The ambitious plan centres around five pillars; digital services and data management, digital skills, digital entrepreneurship, and effective alignment to policy, legal, and regulatory frameworks. The ultimate aim of the project is to enable the government to deploy technology to improve public services by digitising government records and services while fostering an innovation and entrepreneurship culture. Going digital will be a game-changer in transforming the economy, creation of the much needed jobs and in driving financial and economic inclusion.
Weiterlesen: KE: Government's plan to deliver digital economy is gradually taking shape
One of the key promises of the Kenya Kwanza administration was to transform provision of services by leveraging technology. Well, the promise is on course with ongoing implementation of the Kenya National Digital Master Plan 2022-2032, which underpins the country’s digital plans.
The ambitious plan centres around five pillars comprising digital infrastructure, digital services and data management, digital skills, digital entrepreneurship, and effective alignment to policy, legal, and regulatory frameworks. The ultimate aim of the project is to enable the government to deploy technology to improve public services by digitising government records and, more fundamentally, foster an innovation and entrepreneurship culture.
Weiterlesen: Kenya Kwanza digital master plan key to job creation, economic growth
In Kenya, the idea of a national identity comes with a colonial history that involved exploitation and control. The kipande was an early, brutal instance of biometrics being used for oppression: an ID document, including fingerprints and work history, that British colonizers forced Kenyan men over 15 to wear around their necks in a metal case, to control and restrict their movements.
Despite those historical associations, a national digital ID that consolidates citizens’ personal data into a single source is both necessary and inevitable. So argues the country’s Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communications and the Digital Economy, Eliud Owalo, in a recent opinion piece for The Standard.
Weiterlesen: Digital ID key in Kenya’s digital transformation agenda: Eliud Owalo
The digital and the creative economy was among the gainers in the 2023/24 budget.
While presenting the 2023/24 budget, National Treasury CS Prof. Njuguna Ndung’u said the digital super highway will play a critical role in enabling the government realize its objectives of the bottom up economic transformation agenda as well as enhancing revenue collection via automation of VAT systems.
This will see the two countries construct at least 5,000 affordable homes in Mavoko and Tatu City.
- The mobility plans are expected to meet the urban functions of the Konza Technopolis.
- The Korean Trade Centre (KOTRA) managing director Eom IK-Hyun said that Korea shared similar interests with Kenya when it comes to Smart Cities.
The government has signed an MoU with the Korean government to foster and promote partnerships and investments in the development of smart cities in the country.
Weiterlesen: Kenya signs MoU with Korea on investment in smart cities