The Kenya Education Network (KENET) is an initiative spearheaded by Kenya’s institutions of higher learning to establish a high speed, reliable and sustainable IP network for the interconnectivity of all learning institutions. The intention is to eventually share the many scattered educational resources for the benefit of all the learning community both in the public and private institutions. Internet connectivity to the outside world for the education fraternity is also a central objective of KENET.
WSIS action lines related to this activity: Theme 1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
Theme 2. Information and communication infrastructure
Theme 3. Access to information and knowledge
Theme 4. Capacity building
Theme 5. Building confidence and security in use of ICTs
Theme 6. Enabling environment
Theme 7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life
Theme 8. Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content
Theme 10. Ethical dimensions of the Information Society
Theme 11. International and regional cooperation
Theme 12. Achieving WSIS targets (PoA, Section B)
Theme 15. Towards WSIS Phase 2 (Tunis) (PoA, Section F)
Related MDGs: MDG 1. Eradicate poverty and hunger
MDG 2. Achieve Universal Primary Education
MDG 3. Promote gender equality & empower women
Activity type:
Project
Time scale:
Ongoing
Partners:
1.Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK)
2.Insight Technologies ltd
3.Telkom Kenya (TKL)
4.Gilat Alldean (Africa) ltd.
5.Government of Kenya (GoK)
6.Kenyan Public Universities
7.Some Kenyan Private Universities
