Tap digitisation for energy reforms

Pump attendant fueling a vehicle at Shell Petroleum Station on Kenyatta Avenue in Nairobi on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NMG

The saying problems can be the source of opportunities seems to be relevant to the energy sector in Kenya. The government’s intervention, for example, in the affairs of the debt-ridden Kenya Power presents an opportunity to reform the sector.

The energy sector could replicate the transformation in the telecommunications sector if the decision-makers can see digitalisation as the driver of the efficiencies they desire to achieve. Practically everywhere in the world, digitalisation is at the centre of the efficiency, accessibility, safety, and sustainability improvements in energy systems.

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