Kenya Government To Install 100Kms Of Fiber Optic Cables 25 000 Internet Hotspots To Spur Economic Growth
According to the Kenyan government in a new ten-year National Digital Masterplan 2022-2032, the 100,000km of high speed fiber optic infrastructure will provide internet to all Schools, government institutions/offices, Metro-cities, health facilities, rural businesses, homes and public spaces. The government will also deploy 25,000 hotspots and establish 1,450 digital innovation hubs in wards across the country to support youth and innovators. ““The master plan is crucial at a time when the world enters a new round of industrial revolution and countries around the globe are expediting their digital economic expansion hence the need to modernise government services,” said Kenya’s ICT and Youth Affairs CS Joseph Mucheru adding that the plan will create millions of jobs for the countries youth and spur local manufacturing and growth....