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11 Dec 2020
Government priorities for Energy, Infrastructure and ICT
In Kenya’s national finance cycle, the Energy, Infrastructure and ICT Sector (EII) comprises nine sub-sectors namely: Energy and Petroleum; Infrastructure; Transport; Shippin...
4 Dec 2020
ICT Practitioner’s Bill: The “Birth of a Profession?”
Hon. Godfrey Otsotsi is back with the Information Communication Technology Practitioners Bill 2020 which has triggered murmurs across Kenya’s technology community. The bill seeks to establish a lega...
4 Dec 2020
Race to the Sun: Kenya’s aspirations for Solar Energy
Kenya Power has recorded losses in the last financial year and according to KPLC, the losses were due to top clients turning to solar as a source of energy. Clients such as factories, universities and...
23 Oct 2020
Is Huduma Number the future of KYC
On Wednesday,
during the
unveiling of the
Central Bank
branch in Kisii
County, the
President said
that the rollout of
Huduma Namba
will change
operations in the
banking industry.
He said that the
new ...
2 Oct 2020
FTA Series – Part 3: What you need to know about the COMESA Digital Free Trade Area
COMESA is the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa. In 2018, they agreed to establish a Digital Free Trade Area (DFTA). The initiative that upon inception was expected to create a $17.2 billi...
11 Sep 2020
Highlights: Draft Consumer Protection Guidelines
Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has released draft consumer protection guidelines for public review and comment. The guidelines are to protect the users and consumers of communications services...
4 Sep 2020
Digital Economy Strategy highlights
The Ministry of ICT (MoICT) has released the draft Digital Economy Strategy which focuses on six pillars...
14 Aug 2020
Future of ICT business and infrastructure
Kenya is currently one of Africa’s fastest growing ICT markets where ICTs have increased productivity, accelerated processes, increased human resource digital skills and contributed to improved stan...
7 Aug 2020
Update on the Kenya’s Data Commissioner interviews and appointment
Kenya’s Data Protection Act which came into effect on 25 November 2019, provides for the establishment the office of the Data Protection Commissioner to be headed by the Data Commissioner. The Publi...
31 Jul 2020
MOVING TOWARDS A HYPER CONNECTED FUTURE
This past week has seen a wide range of activities in the technology space with the key highlight in Kenya being the launch of the Lipa Mdogo Mdogo programme by Safaricom in partnership with Google. T...
22 Jul 2020
MOVING FORWARD: THE ICT SECTOR
On Wednesday this week, the Senate ICT Committee had a meeting ICT industry stakeholders to discuss industry views on items the Senate should focus on in its current session. The meeting was held onli...
18 May 2020
DIGITAL SERVICE TAX: A TURN OVER TAX FOR THE ONLINE WORLD
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic the Kenyan economy is experience reduced growth. In fact, it is projected that the growth rate initially pegged at 5.6% will be revised downwards to about -1.5% to...
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