President William Ruto emphasized that education and technology are foundational to Kenya's digital transformation agenda, underscoring the nation's growing role as an African innovation hub.

• Kenyan students achieved top performance at the 2026 Global Huawei ICT Competition, securing a Grand Prize in Cloud Track, a Second Prize in Network Track, and a Second Prize with the Women in Tech Award for their Computing Team.
• Key figures included President William Ruto, Huawei Kenya Chief Executive Officer Gavin Gao, and Chinese Ambassador to Kenya Guo Haiyan.
• The government is accelerating the Digital Superhighway Programme by rolling out an additional 37,000km of fibre-optic cable and establishing hundreds of digital hubs, in addition to advertising 20,000 new teaching positions.