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.
Behind the Scene: Experiences from Research on Accessibility of Government Websites
After weeks of working tirelessly behind the scenes as researchers, Nicodemus Nyakundi and Florence Ouma had a lot to share with Ms. Judy Okite. In one of the events leading to the launch of the report on the accessibility of government websites, KICTANet’s Digital...
Research draft report validation: accessibility of government websites for persons with disabilities
The ICT Accessibility and Equality of Persons with Disability team, within KICTANet, has been conducting research to come up with a scorecard on the accessibility of government websites for persons with disabilities. On 13th April, the team hosted a virtual validation...
Take on Digital Inclusion: Factors at Play
"Building a Sustainable Internet for All" was the theme for the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum(DRIF),2023. Digital Inclusion was the major subtheme in the discussions. The subtheme stirred the digital rights discussion with an in-depth look into digital inclusion...
Advocacy’s Role in ICT Inclusion
Advocacy demands that, as an individual or group, you own the zeal to influence, fund, champion, and/or advocate for a particular course of action for a given individual or group. For a long time, the discussion of inclusion for Persons with Disability In the ICT...
Multistakeholder Dialogue on Disability Inclusion in Kenya
By Judy Okite The first National Disability Dialogue opened Wednesday at the Kenya Institute of Special Education. The conference will run for two days, March 15 and 16, 2023, under the theme, "Building Back Better on Disability Inclusion: Progress and Challenges...
Community Networks’ Role in Increased Internet Access
I believe in the power of community networks. They have the full potential of facilitating universal internet access and promoting its social and economic growth. They are the closest to the internet end-users and are the best placed on integrating cultural and social...
