Kenya has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing Africa's digital and infrastructure growth following a week of high-level engagements at the Luanda Summit on Financing Africa's Infrastructure Development. Representing Kenya, Eng. John Kipchumba Tanui, Principal Secretary of the State Department of ICT and Digital Economy, participated in a series of strategic discussions, bilateral meetings, and cultural exchanges aimed at deepening regional cooperation and investment in digital transformation.
During the Investors-Ministerial Roundtable on Financing Africa's Digital Transformation, Kenya shared its experience in expanding broadband connectivity, digital public services, and innovative financing models for digital infrastructure. The dialogue focused on accelerating broadband rollout, implementing policy and Public-Private Partnership PPP reforms to attract investment, and mobilising capital for key projects such as data centres, fibre networks, and Internet Exchange Points IXPs. Participants underscored that robust digital infrastructure remains a cornerstone for Africa's economic growth, job creation, and intra-African trade.
A major milestone of the summit was the bilateral engagement between Kenya and Angola, where both countries agreed to fast-track the Kenya-Angola ICT Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding MoU. The meeting, led by Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Planning, Hon. John Mbadi, alongside Angola's Minister of Telecommunications, Information Technologies and Social Communication, and Kenya's Ambassador to Angola, H.E. Joyce Khasimwa M'maitsi, laid the groundwork for immediate technical collaboration. The MoU covers several strategic areas including technological development, satellite networks, ICT training, digital economy growth, rural connectivity, cybersecurity, and digital literacy.
