Kenya Ranks 78th in the World on Digital Quality of Life CapitalFMKenya: Kenya
The 78th rank is an improvement by one rank from the 79th position that the country was ranked in 2021.
The country was ranked 61st for e-infrastructure which was the best performance of all the five key index pillars. This is however a drop from the 58th position it took in 2021. From the report, fixed broadband internet remained less affordable worldwide for the second year in a row in the face of waging inflation and owing to this, Kenya ranked 93rd in internet affordability, an improvement from 101st position in 2021.
Meanwhile, fixed broadband costs Kenyan citizens around 8 hours and 12 minutes of their precious working time each month.
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