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| Nairobi |
Kenya
is yet to use its assets in terms of human resources and European time zone to
make a significant entry into the world market through ICT technologies, a
research has shown.
Commenting on the
findings, the Acting Director of Kenya Investment Authority Mwalimu Musee said
the sector is currently focused on the local market, providing banking,
insurance, cables and telecommunication services, alongside other utilities.
He
added saying despite the installation of broadband backbone connection to three
undersea fibre-optic cables (Seacom, Team system and EASSy), the country has
not exploited the sector to meet the expectations of the consumers to match
international standards.
He said the
country’s information communication technology sector does not have capacity to
counter the emerging trends of increased sophistications and the level of
skills required to compete at the global arena.
However,
Musee concurs that the country at the local level has made significant
improvements in connectivity and prospects for the ICT sector, especially in
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and development of ICT enabled services
(ITeS).
He further said
that ICT sector is key in the economic pillar of Vision 2030, and urged Kenyans
charged with responsibilities of Economic growth to seek ICT interventions to
acquire and access modern ways to improve productivity.
by
Joseph Abuje
africasciencenews.org