The World Bank's top Kenya representative Johannes Zutt said at the opening of a Media Lab partially funded by the bank that information technology communication (ICT) could be the key to a continued solid economic outlook for the country. The Kenyan country director said that the combination of cost advantages, investment in enabling infrastructure and a well-educated urban workforce could help push Kenya into a regional hub for IT innovation and services. Although Kenya has achieved great success in the ICT sector in recent months, Zutt continued to say that there is much room to grow. “ICT could become a major employer in Kenya. And Kenya over time could develop into a global innovator that is recognized worldwide for its ICT genius in the way India has been in the recent past,” Zutt said. “This explosive growth in ICT has been attributed to the liberalization of the telecommunications sector, which induced competition and innovation, resulting in considerable investment and job creation,” he added. According to a report in The Standard, Kenya has pushed forward and expanded the telecom sector greatly in recent times, including mobile money and services being buttressed. BM
