Presentation at WTO, Geneva

Kenya's Infocomm Industry Development and the learnings

of efforts in ICT Diffusion

Paul Kukubo
CEO, Kenya ICT Board
 Kenya ICT Market Size 2010-15
$2,000

$1,500

$1,000

$500

$0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Source: IDC Kenya Blackbook

Market share & growth
3,000
IT Market Size 2011
2,250
• Markets still emerging from either
Services negative or single digit growth
SW after the global economic crisis.
1,500 HW • Some countries peaked around
2009-2010 with extra spending
750 stimulated by new broadband
capacity.
• Ghana is seeing a lot of investment
0 after oil discovery with a knock on
Nigeria Kenya Tanzania Ethiopia Ghana Uganda effect on finance, services and
infrastructure.
• Ethiopia is working in PPPs with
IT Spending growth 2011-2015 vendors to build more
30.0%
infrastructure as well as having a
management contract (with France
22.5% Telecom until 2012) for its PTO to
grow penetration.
15.0% • Growth in IT Services expected to
increase most as cloud , VPNs,
MPLS gradually take root.
7.5%

0.0%
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Nigeria Kenya Tanzania Ethiopia Ghana Uganda

Source: IDC Country Blackbooks, IDC Telecoms Services Database, EIU

Vision: Key Outcomes:
1. Every citizen connected
Kenya becomes
Africa’s most 2. Kenya is Africa’s ICT Hub

globally respected 3. Public Services for all

knowledge economy 4. A society built on knowledge

Strategic Pillars: Core Projects

1. Citizen end to end services,
1. Meeting citizen 2. Developing ICT 3. Infusing ICT as a • Target 80% Kenyan Households
needs Businesses driver of industry 2. IT Industries development & Innovation
Develop an integrated Foster the development Transformation of key
approach to access of of globally competitive Vision 2030 economic
• 50,000 jobs
public services by ICT industry as an sectors to significantly • 500 new organizations
enabler of the provision
citizens through national
of citizen services and
enhance their productivity • 20 global facing innovations
networks for health, and global
education agriculture, transformative competitiveness and 3. ICT-in-Industry
financial services, and businesses propel Kenya’s economic • Impact on GDP +25%
market places
• 60% automation of SMEs
• +50% productivity gain for business
Egovernment Kenya ICT Board Private Sector 4. Human Capacity
• R&D Centres of excellence
• Curriculum intervention
Foundational Pillars:

1. Integrated Country Positioning:

Integrate Kenya’s ICT agenda into local and international communication including policy, political Core Projects
and diplomatic initiatives to promote Kenya’s innovation and Konza Technology City
1. doITin Kenya campaign
1. Konza City Marketing
2. International and local ICT positioning
2. Citizen Inclusion:
Deploy integrated, open and secure national networks across all technology domains with an 1. Next generation super-broadband networks
emphasis on shared access, growing national capacity and inclusion of all citizens 1. Enhanced NOFBI
2. Thematic super networks (Health, Agriculture, education,
Trade)

1. World Class Government Shared services backbone & Citizen
3. Integrated & Open Public Services Platform: end to service services
Minimize duplication and create true integration in the investment in public services ICT to enable 1. Shared Services centre
best practice application of shared services, national data infostructure, open data, and policy 2. Citizen services centre
frameworks 3. Core shared services applications (lands, and citizen
service applications
 Kenya ICT Board

• Vision
• Kenya Becomes a top ten global ICT hub
• Mission
• To Champion and effectively enable Kenya to
adopt and exploit ICT, through promotion of
partnerships, investments and infrastructure
growth for socio-economic enrichment
 The Plan
• Foster the development of globally
competitive ICT industry as an enabler of
the provision of citizen services and
transformative businesses

Infocom Sector Development goals
for 2017
• 50,000 ICT jobs
• 500 new organizations across various ICT
sub-sectors
• 20 global facing innovations
 Initiatives
1. Human capacity development: intervention in
training and curriculum
2. Market development: creating opportunity for work
for local companies
3. Competency development: ensuring companies are
properly structured to grow
4. Innovation development: supporting the link
between creation and social need as a way to drive
new ventures
5. Infrastructure development: supporting connectivity
initiatives.
The startup community. Hubs

• Techies and budding • The Kenya ICT Board hosts its Tandaa Grant
innovators gather at winners at the Ihub a local innovation hub.
@thenailab a local The board has given out grants worth USD
incubation centre for 1.8m to over 50 individuals and
startup weekend. organizations to advance their innovations
Rural Connectivity & utility
• Rural access centres run by
entrepreneurs dubbed Pasha. 30
in place. Plan to roll out 200 in
every county.

Aa • Lessons learn about the
enterprise model as a way of
driving access and access based
commerce.

• The market model works with
mashed intervention.

• Students at a Pasha
Kikuyu take a guest
through a web
application

 Thank you

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