By: Nana
Appiah Acquaye
Kenya is opening its digital
economy to greater private investment as the government seeks to mobilise local
and international capital for critical infrastructure and technologies expected
to drive the next phase of economic growth.
Cabinet Secretary for
Information, Communications and the Digital Economy, Hon. William Kabogo Gitau,
made the call at the 10th Annual East Africa Private Capital Association
(EAPCA) Conference, where he highlighted opportunities in fibre and wireless networks,
data centres, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, digital services and
Business Process Outsourcing.
Kabogo said Kenya’s economic
performance provides a strong foundation for increased private-sector
participation, noting that the economy grew by 4.6 percent in 2025 and 5.3
percent in the first quarter of 2026.
He said the country’s
ongoing digital transformation is creating significant investment opportunities
as demand grows for connectivity, computing infrastructure and
technology-enabled services.
The government is supporting
the expansion through investments in digital infrastructure, including the
Digital Superhighway Programme, while working to extend access to connectivity
and digital services.
Kabogo reaffirmed the
government’s commitment to creating a predictable and investor-friendly policy
environment that can attract both domestic and international capital into the
digital economy.
The approach is intended to
complement public investment with private capital, particularly in
infrastructure-intensive areas such as fibre networks, wireless systems and
data centres, as well as emerging fields such as artificial intelligence and
cloud computing.
The government also sees
digital services and Business Process Outsourcing as areas with potential to
create new economic opportunities and strengthen Kenya’s position in the
regional digital economy.
