Digital Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities – ICT Access and Equality
This is KICTANet’s work on Digital Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities. We are working directly with Persons with Disabilities towards influencing their access to ICTs as well as their lived experiences and their input towards ICT policy.
Some outputs form the program
Program Partners
Digital Accessibility
Since 2022, this Digital Accessibility program addresses all accessibility issues for Persons With Disabilities, the aged, and anyone affected by Accessibility challenges.
#FIFAfrica23: Temperature Check on the State of Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities
One undeniable benefit of technology is the ability to open opportunities to participate more actively in society. Access to information, education, medical care, business opportunities, and so on is better for people who can access technology. There have been...
#KICTANet Space – The Impact of Accessibility and Equality Fellowship
Part III The perception of disability tends to be similar across all regions. Does this call for a universal solution? Unfortunately, the universalisation of disability makes persons with disabilities be treated as a homogeneous group, regardless of the diversity of...
Digital Accessibility at KICTANet
Part I The Digital Accessibility program, which started a year ago as ICT Access and Equality for Persons with Disabilities, have seen a myriad of achievements in the digital space in Kenya and beyond. Looking back, and in celebration of the program's first...
Cross-Platform OGBV: An Insidious Problem
Lucy Dawson shared a wholesome TikTok video of how she began walking with the aid of a cane. It ended with someone on Meta using her pictures to solicit money on a fake account with 52,000 followers. But not before someone reposted the clip on Twitter to amplify the...
How to Best Represent Experiences of Persons with Disabilities.
Whilst browsing the internet, I stumbled upon two photos. The first photo showcased a woman wearing glasses and sitting in a wheelchair while using a laptop. I had planned to use this free stock photo for an article I was working on. It perfectly matched the theme and...
E-Citizen Attack: How Cyber Insecurity Enables Inaccessibility
The government of Kenya's e-services is under attack. The e-Citizen platform, which hosts several essential public services and sensitive data, came under a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. For days now, no one can access these crucial services online. A...
