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LETTERS: Support growth of small telecoms firms

Delegates at the Annual ICT Week in May. Kenya has had key innovations in the ICT and telecoms. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kenya’s telecommunications sector has for the longest time been driven by innovations that have spurred robust business growth, creating employment and other related opportunities, directly and indirectly.

The 2018 GSMA report, The Mobile Economy Sub-Saharan Africa, indicates that in 2017, mobile technologies and services generated about 7.1percent of GDP in sub-Saharan Africa, a contribution that amounted to about $110 billion of added economic value. These figures are projected to rise to about 7.9 percent and $150 billion, respectively by 2022.

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