Kenya Cloud Policy 2024

Abstract

The Kenyan government recognizes the pivotal importance of Digital Transformation in cultivating a contemporary, flourishing, and inclusive society. This involves embracing emerging technologies to improve efficiency and productivity in disseminating information and services. The storage and connectivity of data play a crucial role in ensuring prompt, cost-efficient, and secure access to information. Acknowledging this, the Kenyan government intends to shift towards Cloud Infrastructure and Solution Services to supplement its traditional data storage and computing framework, thus establishing a more robust, efficient, cost-effective, and secure environment. The Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy has been tasked with establishing digital governance frameworks for effective utilization of emerging technology. This initiative aligns with the African Union (AU) agenda 2063, Kenya Vision 2030, ICT Masterplan 2022-2032 and the Bottom-up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA). The policy aims to prioritize the adoption of cloud-based information and communication technologies, covering infrastructure, hardware, software, information security, licensing, storage, data provision, as well as services such as security, development, virtualization, databases, or any other technology where cloud solutions are deemed equivalent to alternative technological solutions.