The Africa Broadband Mapping Systems Project (BPMAPS) was launched in Nairobi, with Kenya as one of 11 African countries to benefit. This EU, ITU, and CA-backed initiative aims to close Africa’s digital divide by guiding broadband infrastructure investment through data-driven mapping.

• Only 47.5% of households in Kenya currently have internet access, with penetration as low as 26% in rural areas, according to CA Director General David Mugonyi.
• Principal Secretary Stephen Isaboke emphasized broadband connectivity as a necessity for development, central to Kenya's National Digital Masterplan and Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda.
• The EU is supporting Kenya through projects like connecting 1,000 schools via UNICEF-Giga and expanding the Bluma-Rayman subsea cable, under the Global Gateway Initiative mobilizing up to €300 billion.