Tag: Ministry of Information, Communications and The Digital Economy

Looking at today’s budget reading from a tech point of view, the phone levy and the M-Pesa VAT are getting ...

Kenya's government is drawing up plans to sell data it collects through public platforms, and the model it appears to ...

President William Ruto has signed into law the Technopolis Bill, which parliament passed, creating a legal framework for designated technology ...

When President William Ruto visited Washington in May 2024, he came back with a headline-grabbing announcement: Microsoft and UAE-based AI ...

The Kenyan government has announced wide-ranging reforms to embed technology across public service. The changes elevate ICT from an administrative ...

On January 20, 2026, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) confirmed the final deletion of all biometric data ...

Kenya is now developing a broader national AI and Emerging Technologies policy that is scheduled to be finalized by June ...

The Kenyan government has allocated up to KES 100 million per year to pay social media influencers and bloggers to ...

The Kenyan government is about to shake up the telecom industry by making competing companies share their infrastructure. Under new ...

Dr. Margaret Nyambura Ndung'u has secured a seat on the UN's DPI Safeguards Strategic Advisory Board, months after her brief ...

Kenya's ICT Cabinet Secretary William Kabogo recently announced that his ministry would take action against parents who provide opportunities for ...

Kenya has launched the Kenya Digital Token (KDT), becoming one of the first African nations to introduce a national digital ...

In a press briefing at Nairobi’s Serena Hotel on May 19, Eng. John Tanui, Principal Secretary, Department of ICT and ...

Seven prominent organizations have jointly filed a public interest case challenging what they describe as unlawful disruptions to internet access ...

Recently online, on X to be specific, the Minister of ICT and Innovation in the Government of Rwanda, Ms Paula ...

In a surprise cabinet reshuffle, President William Ruto has appointed former Kiambu County Boss, William Kabogo, to head the Ministry ...

President William Ruto has yet again reshuffled his cabinet. As a result, Kenyans have a new minister of Information, Communications ...

When Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo of the Ministry of Information, Communications and The Digital Economy (MoICDE) hung up his hat ...