ITU Connect2Recover: Rebuilding Digital Inclusion for the Rural Counties of Kenya

Project Report 1: Assessment of the State of Connectivity in Kakamega and Turkana County April 2022

There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected the state of the global economy. Ranging from loss of lives to social and economic disruption, the effect of the pandemic has been felt by everyone on the planet. Against this backdrop, a conspicuous image of the digital divide has also been brought to the fore. For instance, the reality that rural areas face greater challenges in terms of Internet access compared to their urban counterparts was laid bare when rural schools could not sustain their learning programmes with the shift to online learning as part of adhering to physical distancing requirements, particularly in the developing economies. Adding to this state of connectivity, the report from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), in 2020, showed that nearly half of the population…………

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