Kenya will receive €102M under the EU–Kenya Digital Partnership to expand fibre, digitise land records, and back innovation, plus €37M for a cable.
Kenya has secured €102 million in EU-backed funding for digital transformation, plus a separate €37 million commitment for a regional submarine cable extension.
Kenya’s government says the new package was agreed after talks in Brussels between President William Ruto and European officials.
Under the EU–Kenya Digital Partnership, Kenya will receive €102 million, around KSh 15.3 billion, for digital transformation projects. The focus is on expanding connectivity, supporting innovation, and creating more opportunities for young people and businesses.
The EU has also committed €37 million to extend the Blue Raman submarine cable. A submarine cable is a high-capacity internet link laid under the sea, like a major data highway between countries. The project is expected to connect Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, and Tanzania, and lower regional bandwidth costs.
The €102 million package includes several earmarked allocations. Kenya is set to receive about €17 million to upgrade the Northern Corridor trade route, €15 million to expand the national fibre-optic network, and €12 million to digitise land registration systems.
Other allocations include €10 million to strengthen Kenya’s Digital Transformation Centre and €16 million to support the transition of refugee camps into integrated communities.
Both sides also discussed deeper cooperation on AI, which means software that can perform tasks that usually need human judgement, plus digital identity and a possible “data adequacy” arrangement. Data adequacy is a legal standard that can make it easier for data to move between jurisdictions, supporting digital trade and cross-border services.
More fibre and lower bandwidth costs can improve internet reliability and reduce the cost of running digital services, from SaaS tools to payments and customer support.
Digitising land records and strengthening government digital capacity can also reduce paperwork delays and improve trust in public systems, which matters for lenders, property transactions, and compliance.
For Kenya’s tech ecosystem, the funding signals continued public and partner investment in infrastructure and digitisation. It could also support Kenya’s position as a business process outsourcing hub, where companies provide back-office services like customer service and data processing for global clients.
Primary Source: Techinafrica
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