KIPPRA held a dissemination workshop to share findings and policy recommendations for three research papers on Accelerating the Growth of Digital Economy in Kenya on 30th September 2024. The workshop that was spearheaded by KIPPRA Principal Analysts Dr Humphrey Njogu and Dr Moses Njenga aimed to present key findings from the three research papers on Digital Economy Index in Kenya, the Digital Divide Index in Kenya and the Fintech Index in Kenya.
The digital economy index assessed Kenya’s digital economy performance based on five key pillars: Digital Infrastructure; Digital Government; Digital Business; Digital Skills; and Innovation driven entrepreneurship where the score ranged from 0.30 t0 0.68 across the pillars with the country’s digital Economy index having an average DTF score of 0.46. Despite this progress, there is still need for concerted efforts to drive this growing sector. The workshop brought together participants from the State Department for Trade, Central Bank of Kenya, Global Innovation Society of Kenya (GISK), Tala and Qhala Kenya.
