Kenya lost Sh4.2bn to Telegram shutdown in 2023

The Telegram messenger app. PHOTO | AFP

Kenya is estimated to have lost $27.02 million (Sh4.2 billion) due to the Telegram downtime experienced in November last year during the last week of the secondary school national examinations.

Calculations by NetBlocks, a London-based internet rights organisation shows that the 8-day shutdown of the popular messaging platform in Kenya significantly inconvenienced businesses relying on it, making them incur billions in losses.

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