by David Indeje | Feb 26, 2024 | Digital Economy, Highlights, Human Rights, IGF Reports, kictanet post
The Digital ID and Human Rights Civil Society Community, a new transnational civil society community focused on digital ID and human rights, held its first public gathering on 9th October 2023, at the sidelines of the 18th Internet Governance Forum (IGF). The session...
by David Indeje | Feb 26, 2024 | Digital Economy, Highlights, kictanet post
By John Walubengo For those new in town, eCitizen is an online portal through which government departments and agencies provide digital services for citizens to apply for passports, driving licences, business registration certificates, vehicle logbooks, title deeds,...
by David Indeje | Feb 22, 2024 | Digital Economy, Highlights, Human Rights, kictanet post
By Linda Gichohi The Government of Kenya is spearheading efforts to enhance service delivery by embracing information and communications technology (ICT) as a core component of its reform agenda. This initiative digitizes various government services, including civil...
by David Indeje | Feb 8, 2024 | Cyber Security, Digital Economy, Digital Resilience, Highlights, kictanet post
By Linda Gichohi KICTANet participated in the Institute of Economic Affairs’ Open Pre-Budget Hearing on 30th January 2024 to advocate for strategic ICT sector investments in Kenya’s budget for the fiscal year 2024/25. The panellists present included Linda...
by David Indeje | Feb 5, 2024 | Digital Economy, Highlights, Human Rights, kictanet post
By John Walubengo The 2019 KE Blockchain and AI report had digital ID as one of its key recommendations. Having a unique digital ID per citizen or resident is an important clog in the digital economy ecosystem. It increases trust online and improves service delivery,...
by David Indeje | Jan 15, 2024 | Digital Economy, Highlights, kictanet post
By John Walubengo Further to the 2023 ICT year review blog, we now cast our eyes on the future and try to figure out how AI developments, cybersecurity threats, data privacy, blockchain, and cryptocurrency are likely to pan out within the Kenyan ICT landscape. AI use...
