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Nairobi – President William Ruto has announced that Kenya will make the most beautiful smartphone in Africa within a year, the cost of which will be less than five thousand shillings.
President Ruto who was speaking at a Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) round table forum on Thursday morning said having an affordable smartphone will ensure that all Kenyans can access digital platforms for business and access services of the government.
The president noted that they are already working with the telecommunications sector to have a cheaper gadget that is able to do everything.
“Today the cheapest smartphone is between sh10,000 and sh15,000, we want to see. I want to promise the country that in the next 8 to 12 months we will have the cheapest smartphone in Africa, made in Kenya,” President Ruto. said
The Head of State also announced that his administration is working towards moving about 90 percent of government services to digital platforms between a period of six months to a year.
The President noted that the digitization of government services will ensure that citizens access services in the comfort of their homes.
The president also stressed the importance of technology in upscaling business in the MSEMs sector.
“We have about 15 percent of government services in the digital platform, and we want to make sure that between six and 12 months we will have moved 90 percent of government services to the digital platform,” he said.
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