The County Forum Session will be held during the Connected Kenya 2023 Summit on 03rd April 2023. The session will bring together key stakeholders, scholars, business, industry & global leaders and government decision-makers to discuss key trends, opportunities, strategic challenges, major issues and risks impacting on our digital future.

The theme for the session will be: “Role of Counties in Fostering Digital Economic Growth”

The theme will seek to build on foundations set in the last decade to drive conversations on hastening digital gains, opportunities in the transformation of Kenya’s villages to Smart digital village hubs, accelerating digital business & ecommerce, closing the digital skills gap and efficient service delivery to the citizenry.

The session will also discuss the challenges faced in the digital infrastructure, Counties ICT Roadmap, ICT Budget Allocation- Policy Formulation, Integrated ICT Platforms for the Counties, Smart Counties & Innovations and the strategies to overcome them.