Our efforts to make Africa a connected continent are anchored on establishing a unified and borderless digital market to enhance innovation, trade and economic growth.
On its part, Kenya is taking the lead in digitisation and digitalisation in Africa, including our target of expanding the fibre optic broadband by 100,000km, training enough professionals, enacting necessary legislation and creating an essential framework for digital penetration.
Already, Kenya has digitised close to 30,000 government services from a low of 320 three years, boosting efficiency, reducing human interaction in the provision of services, and raising more revenue for government.
At the same time, 34,000km of fibre optic has been expanded using the national electricity grid and the building of 1,450 digital hubs in each ward across Kenya.
Met African ministers of ICT at State House Nairobi, who are in our country for the Africa Connect Summit 2026. This is a critical programme aimed at connecting the 1.5 billion people of Africa into a huge digital market.