World Bank has approved an additional Ksh4.6 billion funding for the Kenya Transparency and Communications Infrastructure Project. This is the second round of funding the bank has provided after the initial Ksh9.5 billion approved at the start of the project in 2007.
The additional finance will help the country consolidate the initiatives it has made in the ICT sector such as the open data initiative. It is also expected to accelerate the use of ICT in improving governance and transparency based on innovations such as the government open data portal launched July last year.
“Information technology has contributed to Kenya’s growth rate since 2000 and opened a path for achieving remarkable improvements in transparency and governance”, said World Bank’s country director, Mr. Johannes Zutt.
The project is part of communications infrastructure programmes financed by the bank to improve connectivity between countries in the region and accelerate penetration of technology in the local market.
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