Digital economy blueprint

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5.0  INFRASTRUCTURE

5.6.4 Appropriate and Affordable 

digital devices:

Digital infrastructure includes having reliable and fit-

for-purpose  mobile  and  fixed  phone  and  broadband 

services. Without this infrastructure, Kenyans will 

not have ready access to digital services that we use 

in our everyday activities, such as transacting online 

and ensuring end-to- end digital delivery of goods and 

services associated with the digital economy, mobile 

money, and communicating with family and friends, 

as well as work related communication..Previous ini-

tiatives by the Government, such as the Digital Lit-

eracy Program (DLP) which was aimed at providing 

affordable devices for learners in primary schools, 

drove the implementation of local assembly facilities 

for appropriate digital devices. Thus, further efforts 

should be made towards standardizing the affordable 

digital devices such as mobile phones, fixed phones, 

laptops, tablets, personal computers, IoT devices and 

sensors,  to  ensure  interoperability  and  their  fit-for-

purpose before adoption in the country. These efforts 

should be geared towards ensuring that the devices 

access other digital platforms, assets and services in a 

secure and reliable manner.