Despite the increase in computer ownership in Kenya, the efforts to ensure the benefits of ICTs to majority of the Kenyans are handicapped with varioius obstacles. This concern was raised and discussed during a conference in Nairobi, Kenay.
ICT Africa was organised by, amongst others, the Nairobi-based African Telecommunications Union and the Union of National Radio and Television Organisations of Africa, headquartered in Senegal. The four-day event (Jun. 27 to 30) brought together delegates from the continent and abroad to discuss a variety of ICT-related issues, including the challenges of extending communications technology to all in Africa.
According to the ICT Africa organisers, less than two percent of Africans currently make use of the internet. In North America, the figure is about 70 percent says Jabulani Dhliwayo, chairman of the ICT commission at the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD). The NEPAD initiative is aimed at attracting more investment to Africa through improving standards of governance on the continent.
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