The Communications Authority (CA) is seeking to connect 896 secondary schools across the country with the internet, in order to encourage innovation at an early age. Director General Francis Wangusi says the process, which began in 2016, will see at least 400 schools online by the end of June. All 47 counties can now access broadband following completion of the National Optical Fibre Backbone Infrastructure, which connects county headquarters via a 1,600 km fibre optic cable that cost the government KES 6 billion.
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