Practical Insights on Kenya

Kenya ICT4D

How are Kenyans using ICT4D to Improve Life in Kenya?

Kenyans are using ICT4D (Information and Communication Technologies for Development) to accelerate social and economic development by improving access to information, opportunities, and services, and by promoting innovation and efficiency in various sectors.

  • Agriculture: ICTs are being used to improve the efficiency and productivity of smallholder farmers, through the use of precision agriculture technologies such as remote sensing and GPS-based farming tools.
  • Financial inclusion: ICTs are being used to expand access to financial services, including mobile banking and other digital financial technologies, which can help to increase financial inclusion and improve the lives of people who are unbanked or underbanked.
  • Education: ICTs are being used to improve the quality of education and expand access to learning opportunities, through the use of e-learning platforms and other digital tools.
  • Healthcare: ICTs are being used to improve access to healthcare and health information, through the use of telemedicine and other digital health technologies.
  • Infrastructure: ICTs are being used to improve infrastructure, including transportation and energy systems, through the use of smart city technologies and other digital innovations.
Kenya’s Mobile Data Price War Results: 116% Growth in Mobile Advertising

Kenya’s Mobile Data Price War Results: 116% Growth in Mobile Advertising

Published on: Dec 15 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Kenya’s Mobile Data Price War Results: 116% Growth in Mobile Advertising
BuzzCity, a mobile media company, is charting the impact of the mobile data price war between Safaricom and Bharti Airtel. Buzz City serves mobile ads, and in the...
Wezesha: Subsidized Laptops for 15,667 Kenyan University Students – Real ICT4Edu Investment

Wezesha: Subsidized Laptops for 15,667 Kenyan University Students – Real ICT4Edu Investment

Published on: Dec 01 2010 by Wayan Vota - 32 Comments
The Kenya ICT Board and Kenya’s Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) are about to launch a bold experiment in getting the tools of ICT into...
$100 Huawei Android Mobile Phone is Bringing the Netbook Revolution to Smartphones

$100 Huawei Android Mobile Phone is Bringing the Netbook Revolution to Smartphones

Published on: Sep 07 2010 by Wayan Vota - 27 Comments
Yesterday, Huawei introduced a revolutionary Android smartphone in the Kenyan market. The tech specs for the IDEOS mobile phone will make any hardware geek...
3 Reasons Why the Kenyan Mobile Tariff Price War Matters to ICT Companies

3 Reasons Why the Kenyan Mobile Tariff Price War Matters to ICT Companies

Published on: Aug 27 2010 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
Kenyan consumers are rightly excited that the mobile phone company Zain, now owned by Bharti Airtel, has kicked off a price war with just announced unprecedented...
ICT Enabled a Safe and Clean Constitutional Referendum in Kenya

ICT Enabled a Safe and Clean Constitutional Referendum in Kenya

Published on: Aug 25 2010 by Dinfin Mulupi - 1 Comment
The relative calm surrounding Kenya’s constitutional referendum held on August 4 is a stark departure from the violence that marred the infamous 2007 general...
Find Love and Money in Online Dating for Africans

Find Love and Money in Online Dating for Africans

Published on: Aug 16 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Find Love and Money in Online Dating for Africans
Love is messy and very, very inefficient – just how many frogs to men and women have to kiss to find a Prince or Princess? This inefficiency just calls out...
Human Capacity Puzzle Pieces in ICT4D Projects

Human Capacity Puzzle Pieces in ICT4D Projects

Published on: Jul 21 2010 by Mariel Verdi - Comments Off on Human Capacity Puzzle Pieces in ICT4D Projects
Many computer labs go unused because no one in the community sees the need to use computers and therefore they have not even learned how to use them. Yet the community...
What Kenya ICT Board Content Grants Mean to Mwananchi

What Kenya ICT Board Content Grants Mean to Mwananchi

Published on: Jul 16 2010 by Judy Wawira - Comments Off on What Kenya ICT Board Content Grants Mean to Mwananchi
Attending the Tandaa symposium in May 2010 organised by the Kenya ICT Board to enhance digital content, film and animation, I was impressed by the cue to creating...
Are Kenyan .KE Domain Names Too Expensive?

Are Kenyan .KE Domain Names Too Expensive?

Published on: Jul 09 2010 by Wayan Vota - 13 Comments
Recently, Moses Kemibaro present the marketing plan for the .KE top-level country domain, managed by the Kenya Network Information Centre (KENIC). In his presentation,...
How Open Source Software Makes Money for Coffee Grower Cooperatives

How Open Source Software Makes Money for Coffee Grower Cooperatives

Published on: Jul 07 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on How Open Source Software Makes Money for Coffee Grower Cooperatives
In Kenya, coffee farmers are concerned about getting a fair price for their beans, and worry about “ghost kilograms” – the undercounting of raw...