Nairobi, June 1 -- Four years ago, the Kenyan government launched the Digital Economy Blueprint to empower citizens to live and thrive in a digitally enabled society.

Since then, we have continued to take concrete steps to ensure that digital transformation is front and centre of our development strategy.

In the era of rapid technological advancements, Kenya has paved the way for digital transformation and unleashed opportunities, revolutionising sectors such as finance, telecommunication, agriculture, healthcare and education.

Kenya was described in a report as an "advancing" country "sprinting ahead" with a strong start-up ecosystem, strong funding environment and stable socio-economic conditions.

However, we cannot discuss Kenya's ...