KICTANet Visits Mandera: Digital Empowerment Gains Noted
KICTANet’s courtesy visits to Mandera officials showcase SDC project’s impact on digital skills, literacy, and community empowerment.
Is Your Freedom Just a Fancy Word for “Surveillance Target”?
Is the Computer Misuse and Cybercrime Act (CMCA) 2018 more like a digital sieve, catching only the inconvenient truths while letting everything else slip through?
Empowering Young Women and Youth in Digital Rights and Cybersecurity.
By Neema Mujesia, In today’s digital age, cybersecurity and digital rights are fundamental for civic engagement, governance, and policy change. As more young people take the lead in shaping political and social narratives, the need for digital literacy and safety...
Shedding Light on the Unseen Impact of Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence.
By Neema Mujesia, Today, KICTANet, in partnership with the British High Commission through the Digital Accessibility Program (DAP), embarked on a groundbreaking initiative—recording a documentary on the impact of Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) on...
Safeguarding Kenya’s Digital Future: KICTANet’s Journey with the ODPC.
By Neema Mujesia, Today, our CEO, Dr. Grace Githaiga, participated in a crucial interview reflecting on KICTANet’s ongoing relationship with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC). The discussion highlighted our contributions to data protection in Kenya...
A Diplomatic Connection and Ambassador Maddens’ Saint Mary’s School Roots.
By Cherie Oyier, KICTANet had a productive meeting with the Belgium Ambassador to Kenya H.E. Peter Maddens on 19th March 2025. KICTANet’s key agenda was to discuss key digital rights challenges that have arisen in Kenya since its last human rights records review by...
How SDC Project is Bridging the Digital Divide in Mandera
The "Strengthening Digital Communities" (SDC) project in Mandera County is a focused effort to bridge the digital divide and empower residents through enhanced digital literacy and access. Led by KICTANet, and funded by the UK Government’s Digital Access Programme...
Mandera to Busia: Addressing TFGBV and Mental Health in Digital Spaces
Explore the crucial link between technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) and mental health in Kenya. Learn about the challenges faced in Mandera and Busia, and the steps being taken to create safer digital spaces.
Kenya’s Dynamic Linguistic Tapestry: Local Languages as Drivers of TFBGV
Explore KICTANet’s work at the UN, addressing technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) in Kenyan languages. Learn how they’re creating lexicons to combat online harassment and promote digital safety for all.
KICTANet’s mission is to promote an enabling environment in the ICT sector that is robust, open, accessible, and rights-based through multistakeholder approaches.
During the 2022 – 2024 strategic period, KICTANet has prioritised the promotion of effective multistakeholder participation; an enabling legal, policy and regulatory environment; building capacities and empowered communities; and institutional strengthening. KICTANet’s guiding philosophy encourages synergies in ICT policy-related activities and initiatives. As such, the network provides mechanisms and a framework for continuing cooperation, engagement and collaboration in ICT matters among industry, technical community, academia, media, development partners, civil society and government.
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Strategic Priority.
- Convening power. To strengthen and promote engagement, collaboration and relationships with relevant stakeholders (state, business and non-state actors).
- Promoting an enabling environment. To catalyse policy, legislative and regulatory reforms in the ICT sector.
- Building capacities and empowered communities. To build the capacity of the stakeholders across government, business society and civil society and the citizens.
- Institutional strengthening.

The report outlines the work undertaken in between 2007 and 2016 which is underpinned by crowd sourcing and community engagement
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