Kenyan govt to install 1,600 km of fibre optic cable in 2015

Kenya's ICT ministry says it plans to roll out an additional 1,600 kilometres of fibre optic cables later this year as part of the National Optic Fibre Backbone Infrastructure (NOFBI) project.

Once digital migration is completed in June, the focus will shift to building an ambitious LTE network infrastructure.

According to Ventures Africa, the implementation of the project is expected to ease communication across counties as well as improve government service delivery to the public in such areas as applications for national identity cards, passports and registration of birth and death certificates. The network will span 2100 kilometers across all 47 Kenyan counties.